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. 1953 Apr 28;120(1-2):214–223. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1953.sp004886

The relation between velocity of shortening and the tension-length curve of skeletal muscle

B C Abbott, D R Wilkie
PMCID: PMC1366032  PMID: 13062233

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