Population
Rana pipiens sartorius muscles
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Validates force-velocity constants throughout isotonic shortening in amphibian muscle; leaves open extension to mammalian cardiac physiology.
The force-velocity relation for muscle contraction is valid not only for the initial reference length but throughout the length change of afterloaded isotonic shortening.
Yorimi Matsumoto (1967) studied this question.
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