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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 7.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2015 Jan 16;60(3):1289–1306. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/60/3/1289

Table 1.

Reported shear elasticity and viscosity measured along and across the muscle fibers.

Muscle μ1 (kPa) μ2 (Pa·s) μ2 (kPa) μ2 (Pa·s) Reference Ex vivo /In vivo
Beef 25 3.3 49 15 [12] Ex vivo
Porcine 5.12 0.98 12.84 2.73 [8] Ex vivo
Porcine 4.99-5.11 1.26-1.57 11.98-12.50 2.92-3.51 [20] Ex vivo
Canine ~9 - ~25 - [7] Ex vivo
Human 5.5 - 29.3 - [22] In vivo
Human 1.58-1.97 0.92-2.89 5.86-100.80 0.65-6.72 [21] In vivo