Table 1.

Stiffness estimates (calibration dataset)

	Epimuscular pathway	$K_1$ (mN/mm)	$K_2$ (mN/mm)	$K_3$ (mN/mm)
Control ($n=7$)	INT	239.8	171.7	143.9
	NV1	21.7	0.4	34.6
	NV2	56.6	30.8	17.1
Tissue-integration ($n=7$)	INT	549.7	842.5	681.1
	NV1	19.9	45.7	29.6
	NV2	69.4	5.6	35.5
$r(\mathrm{\Delta }{L}_R)$: full vs. distal resection ratio ($n=3$)		0.07	0.13	0.21

$K_N$: parameters describing the stiffness of a given force pathway over a unit of relative displacement as defined in Eq. 7