Biaxial strain and variable stiffness in aponeuroses

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Journal of Physiology

• Publication date

  2009-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Materials Science, Engineering

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  DOI 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.173690PMID 19596897PMCID PMC2754367
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