Eccentric Contraction

Pattern of force graph and contractile damage in  a diaphragm

Figure 1. Left panel, The pattern of force generate by a single eccentric contraction. Each contraction, separated by a period of 5 minutes, consists of an 80 Hz -700 msec pulse delivered via two parallel platinum plate electrodes, where a stretch of 10% Lo is imposed on the muscle in the last 200 msec of the contraction. Right panel, Procion orange dye uptake in a diaphragm.


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