Chemical change and mechanical response in stimulated muscle

At a time when the mechanical response of stimulated muscle is barely beginning, its heat production has already reached its highest rate. The experiments described, employing a technique not far from the present limit of possible measurement, have confirmed the earlier conclusion that chemical change precedes mechanical shortening.

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