Tension development in highly stretched vertebrate muscle fibres

1. An apparatus is described by which the length of a selected part of an isolated muscle fibre can be held constant, giving isometric conditions, or alternatively its length can be measured while tension is held constant (isotonic). Control can be switched between length and tension so as to carry out afterloaded contractions with a shortening stop.

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