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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2019 Dec 23;103:172–188. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2019.12.024

Table 2:

Parameters for the neo-Hookean, Demiray (Delfino) and two-fiber family HGO models describing average responses of human TAs in 7 age groups. A total of 19 different loading protocols were used to determine constitutive parameters in these models.

neo-Hookean model Demiray (Delfino) model
Age group (years) μ, kPa R2 D1, kPa D2 R2
15.3 (13–20) 47.55 0.91 35.45 0.96 0.95
24.4 (21–30) 49.40 0.90 35.47 1.21 0.94
36.0 (31–40) 46.33 0.85 28.92 1.53 0.93
46.5 (41–50) 51.10 0.84 33.78 1.73 0.91
54.9 (51–60) 57.77 0.81 37.47 2.32 0.87
66.5 (61–70) 59.60 0.79 35.03 3.24 0.87
73.2 (71–78) 63.80 0.71 33.04 5.05 0.80
Two-fiber family HGO model
Age group (years) Cgr, kPa C11=C12,kPa C21=C22 γ° R2
15.3 (13–20) 41.69 1.20 2.56 56.18 0.95
24.4 (21–30) 41.82 1.78 2.61 54.46 0.94
36.0 (31–40) 40.32 0.16 6.58 28.66 0.91
46.5 (41–50) 44.94 0.24 9.33 25.80 0.92
54.9 (51–60) 49.91 0.22 16.17 24.65 0.91
66.5 (61–70) 51.13 0.34 17.83 26.37 0.89
73.2 (71–78) 51.68 0.51 27.99 29.24 0.85