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. 2003 Jun 18;551(Pt 3):993–1003. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.037333

Figure 8. Muscle stiffness for the shortening and isometric reference contractions.

Figure 8

A, in protocol 1, muscle stiffness decreased with increases in the magnitude of shortening (*P < 0.05). B, in protocol 2, muscle stiffness was smaller for the shortening test contractions than for the isometric reference contractions (*P < 0.05), but the speed of shortening did not significantly affect muscle stiffness.