Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 43, Issue 12 , Pages 2274-2280 , 26 August 2010

Specimen dimensions influence the measurement of material properties in tendon fascicles

  • Kirsten Legerlotz

      Affiliations

    • School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +442078825263; fax: +442089831007.
    • ,
  • Graham P. Riley

      Affiliations

    • School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
    • ,
  • Hazel R.C. Screen

      Affiliations

    • School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK

,Accepted 29 April 2010.

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PII: S0021-9290(10)00267-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.04.040

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 43, Issue 12 , Pages 2274-2280 , 26 August 2010

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