Table 2 Joint angle-specific measures of human knee extensor eccentric muscle force throughout a single bout of 70 maximum voluntary eccentric muscle actions with superimposed myostimulation
From: Changes in human skeletal muscle length during stimulated eccentric muscle actions
Joint angle (°) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
70 | 80 | 90 | 100 | 110 | 120 | 130 | |
Initial contraction | 435 | 507 | 531 | 590 | 559 | 522 | 450 |
10 | 361 | 442 | 485 | 476 | 415 | 377 | 349 |
20 | 396 | 443 | 496 | 503 | 430 | 378 | 329 |
30 | 356 | 462 | 529 | 502 | 429 | 301 | 306 |
40 | 351 | 427 | 487 | 463 | 392 | 329 | 275 |
50 | 340 | 451 | 483 | 448 | 396 | 345 | 284 |
60 | 325 | 392 | 444 | 436 | 405 | 356 | 293 |
Final contraction | 325 | 410 | 446 | 411 | 373 | 327 | 276 |
Percent decrease | 25.3 | 19.1 | 16.0 | 30.3 | 33.3 | 37.4 | 38.7 |