... difference in estimating muscle performance using in vivo -derived graded activation patterns compared with the traditionally used supramaximal square-wave activation pattern. Work loop Muscle mechanics Locomotion Activation Net work Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council...

... contraction (25 ms duration). Work done by the muscle while shortening following stretch was about 28% greater than work done following an isometric contraction( P <0.001). However the net work done during the entire contraction(i.e. accounting for the work required to stretch the muscle) was reduced by 13...