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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Res. 2019 Jul 23;38(1):36–42. doi: 10.1002/jor.24407

Figure 4. Aging affects laxity in positional but not energy storing tendons during fatigue loading (P150 and P570 tendons).

Figure 4

Low stress creep response depends on tendon type and aging. Aging affects low stress creep response in positional tendons. Tendon type was a significant factor on the (a) cross sectional area, (b,c) laxity, (d) tangent modulus, (e) hysteresis, and (f) toe region strain. Aging significantly affected the (b,c) tendon laxity. All properties in figures were evaluated after 1000 fatigue loading cycles. Data shown as mean and standard deviation. Lines with (*) indicate significant differences. N=7–12/group.