... muscle passive mechanical properties and associated sarcomere lengths demonstrate that muscles are not simply scaled versions of muscle fibers, which is critical for creating accurate biomechanical models. Mammalian skeletal muscle Joint mobility Joint stability Range of motion Biomechanical...

... is maximised when this muscle length is reached by lengthening. The tendinous structures are elongated more under these conditions and therefore the muscle fibres act at a shorter length than they do after an isometric contraction at the same muscle length. prestretch mammalian skeletal muscle...