Recovery of human Achilles tendon three-dimensional deformation following conditioning

The free AT undergoes a creep response during conditioning which is recoverable within 2 h following conditioning. Recovery from conditioning has the potential to be a source of error during in vivo measurement of AT mechanical properties. The time window in which the free AT longitudinal and transverse strains could be achieved without a large confounding effect of creep recovery is 0-60 min post-conditioning.