2000 Overheads from class along with supplementary slides will be posted here for reference. Age The following two images graphically show changes with surgical repair procedures. Notes on Muscle Changes in Muscle Fiber Length for three different rat ankle muscles. Animals were immobilized in teh shortened, neutral and lengthened postion. Response to Intermittent Stretch for mouse soleus muscle during immobilization in a shortened position.
Times represent duration of stretch.
Muscle Mass and Max Tentanic Tension from normal and immobilized rat skeletal muscles. Passive-Elastic Tension vs.