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Rat soleus muscles were overloaded with intent to induce a relative increase in fast fibres and modifications in muscular stiffness. The overloading technique was a training period consisting of an 11-week vertical jump programme. The method of controlled releases was used to obtain tension/extension curves characterizing the elastic behaviour of the soleus. Fibre typing was made by myofibrillar adenosine 5′-triphosphatase staining. With regard to a control group, training resulted in a relative decrease in type I fibres for the benefit of type II fibres. Training also induced a decrease in muscle stiffness as attested notably by significant differences in maximal extension. These results are interpreted in terms of modifications occurring in the active fraction of the so-called series elastic component.
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Pousson, M., Pérot, C. & Goubel, F. Stiffness changes and fibre type transitions in rat soleus muscle produced by jumping training. Pflügers Arch. 419, 127–130 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00372997
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