A DIC Based Technique to Measure the Contraction of a Skeletal Muscle Engineered Tissue

Figure 5

Electrical stimulation. Example of force (a) and strain responses obtained stimulating an X-MET at tetanic frequency and focusing once close to the fixed pin (b) and once on the center (c) of the tissue. Images are acquired at 400 fps.

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