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. 2021 Jan 8;11:609553. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.609553

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Schematic explanation of the elongated attached cross-bridges by an active stretch. Once muscles are actively elongated to the opposite direction relative to the sliding direction, attached cross bridges are deformed from A to B. Due to this deformation, the elastic energy is stored in the elongated attached cross-bridges.