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. 2017 Jun 30;5(12):e13279. doi: 10.14814/phy2.13279

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Mean (±SE) values of force decrease for pure force depression (FD) and stretching‐shortening cycles (SSC) with 0, 0.5, and 1s interval between stretching and shortening (SSC_0s, SSC_0.5s, SSC_1s, respectively) normalized to the values of the isometric reference contraction at the corresponding thumb angle for protocol 1. Force depression without prior shortening was 20.5%, whereas FD at steady‐state was significantly lower for SSC_0s and SSC_0.5s (13.7% and 15.5%, respectively). However, when a 1s interval was given between stretching and shortening, steady‐state forces (17.6%) was similar to pure FD without prior stretching. (*compared to FD; †compared to SSC_1s; p<0.05).