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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2015 Nov 18;49(1):53–59. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.11.005

Table 1.

Specimen Specific Principal Components of K

Specimen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1st Principal Component Stiffness [N/mm] 20.8 17.5 12.7 16.0 14.5 22.0 19.6 8.1
Azimuth [deg] −4.1 1.9 6.0 −0.9 −5.8 −7.8 0.7 −17.1
Elevation [deg] 33.0 36.2 35.9 32.4 38.8 33.1 33.9 49.7

2nd Principal Component Stiffness [N/mm] 3.6 3.1 3.2 3.5 2.2 2.7 4.7 1.9
Azimuth [deg] −44.2 −23.0 −24.7 −82.4 −73.6 −34.0 −80.4 −39.2
Elevation [deg] −49.6 −51.0 −49.9 −13.1 −25.2 −54.0 −12.9 −38.1

3rd Principal Component Stiffness [N/mm] 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.9 2.1 2.5 3.3 1.8
Azimuth [deg] 71.9 82.7 84.5 26.6 40.3 73.9 27.2 59.6
Elevation [deg] −20.5 −12.3 −15.4 −54.5 −40.7 −12.6 −53.1 −11.0