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Stretching vertebrate skeletal muscle fibers during tetanic contractions produces a sustained enhancement of force that is not proportional to the overlap of thick and thin filaments and helps stabilize sarcomere length dispersion. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

August 1, 1978The Journal of PhysiologyOpen Access

Enhancement of mechanical performance by stretch during tetanic contractions of vertebrate skeletal muscle fibres.

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Population

Single fibres from the semitendinosus muscle of Rana temporaria

Intervention

Stretch during fused tetanic contractions

Comparator

Isometric tetani at the same sarcomere length

Outcome

Tension and sarcomere length responses (force enhancement)surrogate

Stretch during tetanic contractions enhances force in vertebrate skeletal muscle fibres, stabilizing sarcomere length dispersion.

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Implication

May refine skeletal muscle models; extends length-tension theory but leaves clinical translation open.

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Edman et al. (1978) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a175fa01b114e5976b3f891 https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1978.sp012413

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Enhancement of mechanical performance by stretch during tetanic contractions of vertebrate skeletal muscle fibres.

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Enhancement of mechanical performance by stretch during tetanic contractions of vertebrate skeletal muscle fibres.

Structured PICO

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Implication

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