The +stretch treatment had no effect on the muscle length of the RF muscle (P > 0.05) but the sarcomere length of +stretch RF muscles was ~0.9 mmshorter than –stretch muscles (P < 0.05), which was about a 30% shortening.
The +stretch treatment hadno effect on the muscle length of the RF muscle (P > 0.05) butthe sarcomere length of +stretch RF muscles was ~0.9 mmshorterthan –stretch muscles (P < 0.05), which was about a 30%shortening.