Sarcomere shortening and tension development during 'isometric' tetanus of muscle.
Laser diffraction and tension measurements from frog muscle during isometric tetanus reveal that the sarcomeres contract more rapidly than tension develops.
D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D007700:Kinetics; D007834:Lasers; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009132:Muscles / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction