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. 2020 Aug 29;53(2):177–190. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1716456

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

The Blix curve was described by Magnus Blix in the late 1800s 40 and is the summation of two tension-length curves—one for active contraction and one for elastic recoil when plotted against the length, demonstrating greatest force generation when stimulated, at the resting length of the muscle-tendon unit.