FIGURE 1 | Specimen preparation and experimental apparatus: (a) Human meniscus specimen. The tissue region where samples are taken from is included between the dashed lines; (b) Meniscus wedges are sliced via Compresstome ® ; (c) A 5mm trephine cut the meniscal slice in a cylindrical specimen; (d) Meniscus specimen used in the experiments; (e) Uniaxial testing apparatus used for confined compression