[Analysis of isometric contraction of isolated striated muscle in various types of fatigue tests]
(1959) Journal de Physiologie — Vol. 51, n° 3, p. 527 (1959)
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Maréchal, Georges 
- Abstract
- Curarized frog sartorius muscles are suspended in oxygen atmosphere or held in Ringer’s solution (16°C). They are exhausted by a series of isometric tetani of constant duration (0.5, 2 or 8 seconds) at regular intervals (0.2, 1 or 5 minutes). This fatigue curve evolves in two steps. It is possible to compensate the tetanization duration, for example by 1 to 2 seconds, by increasing the resting period between each tetanus from 1 to 8 minutes. The same factors also affect the recovery of tension after a period of rest. These phenomena are described by two equations.
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Maréchal, G., & Aubert, X. (1959). [Analysis of isometric contraction of isolated striated muscle in various types of fatigue tests]. Journal de Physiologie, 51(3), 527. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/214633 (Original work published 1959)