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A method to estimate the initial length of equine tendons
D J Riemersma1, A J van den Bogert
1Equine Biomechanics Research Group, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Acta Anatomica
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
A procedure is described by which the length of a tendon at the onset of loading is determined objectively. The procedure includes the fitting of third-order polynomial functions on the load-elongation data. The onset of loading is detected by an increasing fit of the polynomial by selective data reduction of the initial part of the load-elongation curve. The procedure results in an objective and reproducible definition of the zero strain level of a tendon.
