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. 2018 Feb 8;46(4):605–615. doi: 10.1007/s10439-018-1986-x

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Average strain calculated at 5th cycle of loading for each loading magnitudes applied (horizontal axis, values under bottom graph only). Top: loading rate 5 mm/min. Middle: loading rate 60 mm/min. Bottom: loading rate 120 mm/min. Filled star: statistically significant difference with 15 N; open circle: statistically significant difference with 25 N. Significance at p < 0.05.