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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2015 Jul 29;15(3):579–592. doi: 10.1007/s10237-015-0711-z

Fig. 7.

Fig. 7

Model predicted (–) changes in active stress generation at the optimal circumferential stretch (λθ = 1.604) for vessels previously adapted at particular values of stretch (from 1.191 to 1.604) for durations ranging from 0 to 5 hours. The model parameters were obtained by fitting mean experimental data (○) for n = 4 aortic rings adapted at λθ = 1.191 for 2 and 3 hours. It was assumed that the steady-state isometric active tone triggered through PE contraction was reached before 2 h of contraction. The error bar represents the standard error of the mean.