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Regional mechanics of tendon. The mechanics of a healthy tendon or b tendon after 5 weeks of immobilization. Note that in a healthy tendon, the muscle end of the tendon (red) stretches much more than the bone end (green), whereas the mid-tendon region shows intermediate mechanics. By contrast, after forced inactivity, all regions of the tendon become stiffer
Adapted from Arruda et al. [7]
