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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 4:

Parameters for the four-fiber family constitutive model describing the response of human TAs in 7 age groups at the 25th percentile. Coefficient of determination R2 ≥ 0.99 for all age groups.

Four-fiber family model
Age group (years) Cgr, kPa C11=C12,kPa C21=C22 C13,kPa C23 C14,kPa C24 γ°
15.3 (13–20) 11.45 38.68 0.00 0.17 0.03 32.65 0.00 62.08
24.4 (21–30) 16.22 13.53 0.92 31.10 0.00 11.77 0.69 43.98
36.0 (31–40) 19.25 8.75 2.97 22.40 0.20 0.01 14.09 31.82
46.5 (41–50) 16.69 13.25 2.50 27.17 0.26 15.52 2.64 40.24
54.9 (51–60) 25.62 10.96 10.77 34.98 0.36 7.60 13.25 33.19
66.5 (61–70) 21.54 4.75 15.71 29.18 0.64 21.84 8.65 41.51
73.2 (71–78) 27.33 1.69 31.27 11.18 4.17 5.17 29.59 43.03