Table 1

Constant parameters and initial values adopted in numerical calculation and the source of the data.

Parameters (unit)

Values

References

Initial value R_i(t = 7.5mons) (mm)

2.0

Our experiments on over 148 mice

Muscle density ρ_m (gcm^-3)

1.06

[23,24]

Collagen density ρ_c (gcm^-3)

1.70

[22]

Muscle elastic modulus E_m (Pa)

5.0×10⁴

[28]

Collagen elastic modulus E_c (Pa)

3.2×10⁷

[29,30]

Poisson' ratio v

0.47

[31]

Time step h (hrs)

3

Yang et al. BMC Systems Biology 2012 6(Suppl 3):S10   doi:10.1186/1752-0509-6-S3-S10