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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 3.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2022 Mar 31;50(7):751–768. doi: 10.1007/s10439-022-02935-y

Table 4:

Ranges of mean values of reported shear moduli. Values reported can be visualized in Figure 5. Mean values from one study418 were excluded as the reported shear moduli in muscle occur on the scale of GPa (results from all studies can be found in Tables S2-5).

Shear Modulus [kPa]
In Vivo Ex Vivo In Situ Phantom
Low High Low High Low High Low High
Muscle US 0.6–205.5 1.1–122.8 1.6–240.0 38.2–72.4 61.3–129.3
MRI 1.3–54.0 4.2–23.5
Accel
LDV
Tendon US 9.5–563.5 8.4–14.6 67.1–89.9 126.7–392.0
MRI
Accel
LDV
Ligament US 31.1–879.6
MRI
Accel
LDV
Cartilage US 3.1–40.7 4.5–36.7 31.9
MRI 1083–7714
Accel
LDV 700–1000
Bone US 3×106−6.7×106
MRI
Accel
LDV
Phantom US 3.8–64.6
MRI 2.9–28.5
Accel
LDV 0.8–0.9

Abbreviations used: US = Ultrasound, MRI = Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Accel = Accelerometers, and LDV = Laser Doppler Vibrometers.