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Figure 2. Change in contractile properties with fatigue.
The ischaemic muscle was stimulated repeatedly at 50 Hz for 1.6 s with 1.6 s rest. Force (A) is expressed as a percentage of the initial isometric contraction (Po) and the rate of relaxation (B) is expressed as the half-time of force decay.