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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2020 Nov 21;121:431–443. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.11.025

Table 3:

Parameters for the four-fiber family constitutive model describing the median response of human PAs in 7 decadal age groups. A total of 19 different loading protocols were used to determine the constitutive parameters for this model. The coefficient of determination R2 ≥ 0.99 for all age groups.

Age group (years) Cgr, kPa C11,kPa C21 C12,kPa C22 C32=C42,kPa C32=C42 γ°
16±2 (12–20) 0.02 23.27 0.18 0.57 6.21 19.11 1.24 65.71
26±4 (21–30) 3.32 8.61 0.32 2.00 5.83 4.74 2.92 64.45
37±2 (31–40) 9.51 11.26 1.03 8.48 10.79 3.08 7.48 58.89
46±3 (41–50) 3.25 17.83 1.56 22.45 5.34 5.80 6.94 51.13
57±3 (51–60) 4.66 19.61 3.68 9.51 14.31 4.85 14.98 49.05
64±3 (61–70) 3.49 16.84 7.33 9.02 13.17 4.24 20.49 50.39
76±7 (71–92) 0.00 89.47 23.42 33.66 17.94 16.00 42.52 49.12