Population
Vertebrate striated muscle at two organizational levels: whole animals and isolated muscles
Comparison
Emulating contractions seen during locomotion vs Shortening at the same velocity and from the…
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Pre-stretch boosts mammalian muscle efficiency; extends biomechanical models but leaves open human translation.
Pre-stretch during muscle contraction significantly increases peak efficiency in mammalian muscles, approaching the high efficiencies observed in large animals during terrestrial locomotion.
Heglund et al. (1985) studied this question.
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