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Table 1 Mean (SD) human knee extensor eccentric muscle force and decrease relative to initial mean force during performance of 70 maximum voluntary eccentric muscle actions with superimposed myostimulation

From: Changes in human skeletal muscle length during stimulated eccentric muscle actions

 

Repetition number

Initial

10

20

30

40

50

60

Final

Mean force

487

397

395

380

354

359

357

347

SD

117

135

112

151

144

155

135

143

Percent decrease

 

18.5

18.9

22.0

27.3

26.3

26.7

28.7