@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00016619,
 author = {ITO, YOSHIFUSA and OYAMA, OSAMU},
 issue = {2},
 journal = {Nagoya Journal of Medical Science},
 month = {Sep},
 note = {Change in stiffness of mammalian muscle fibers caused by stretch (conditioning stretch) was investigated. The stiffness was defined as initial rise of tension versus time at the beginning of linear stretch (test stretch) of equilibrated muscle. Effects of a sinusoidal conditioning stretch on the stiffness depended on the amplitude of the oscillation but were almost independent of the duration of the conditioning. Against a rapid decrease in stiffness caused by stretch, the recovery of stiffness during maintenance at a constant length was gradual. It has been established that a hump of the muscle tension usually observed at the beginning of linear stretch is caused by the initial great stiffness of muscle fibers and the following rapid decrease of it.},
 pages = {131--137},
 title = {Change in Stiffness of Mammalian Muscle Fibers Caused by Stretch},
 volume = {33},
 year = {1970}
}