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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2015 Aug 19;53:320–328. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.08.022

Figure 2.

Figure 2

(a) Compression testing device. Compression testing of excised tissue was conducted in a custom, microscope-mounted mechanical testing device that enables simultaneous compression, force measurement and imaging. (b) Schematic of compression testing configuration. Biopsy punched cylindrical tendon specimens were positioned between two flat steel platens where unconfined compression was applied along the axial direction of the explant (perpendicular to the direction of tendon alignment). A PBS bath ensured maintenance of specimen hydration.