Stress and strain of equine tendons of the forelimb at failure

Summary Tendons of 12 equine forelimbs were loaded until failure using a drawbench. Preceding the tensile test, the cross sectional area was measured at the narrowest site of the tendon. Small beads were sutured to the tendons, as markers for length change measurement from photographs. During loading, photographs were taken at about 3 Hz and the load was recorded. The maximal strain was calculated by means of linear regression of length‐time...