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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 5:

Parameters for the four-fiber family constitutive model describing the response of human TAs in 7 age groups at the 75th 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) 13.82 10.31 0.00 21.90 0.01 13.90 0.00 43.95
24.4 (21–30) 10.45 14.69 0.59 29.16 0.00 15.60 0.00 39.85
36.0 (31–40) 9.09 12.10 0.77 20.56 0.00 16.83 0.13 40.23
46.5 (41–50) 14.40 6.66 2.91 20.17 0.29 9.98 1.74 35.42
54.9 (51–60) 15.99 6.17 3.77 17.52 0.50 7.75 3.57 39.44
66.5 (61–70) 11.33 8.05 4.67 24.53 0.43 17.08 2.66 41.37
73.2 (71–78) 5.04 7.55 8.44 30.53 0.15 28.06 3.80 40.52