... tetanic force by two-thirds, a finding predicted based on the force–length property of skeletal muscle. Doublet force and force–time integral expressed relative to the twitch were also reduced by additional series compliance. Active shortening over a larger range of the ascending limb of the force–length...

...Dean L. Mayfield; Andrew G. Cresswell; Glen A. Lichtwark ABSTRACT Compliant tendons permit mechanically unfavourable fascicle dynamics during fixed-end contractions. The purpose of this study was to reduce the effective compliance of tendon and investigate how small reductions in active shortening...