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J Appl Physiol 63: 1511-1518, 1987;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 63, Issue 4 1511-1518, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Force-velocity properties of fatigue-resistant units in cat fast-twitch muscle after fatigue

D. D. Hatcher and A. R. Luff
Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

The isometric and force-velocity properties of an identified and uniform population of fast-twitch, fatigue-resistant (FR) fibers within the flexor digitorum longus (FDL) muscle were investigated before, immediately after, and during recovery from a fatiguing repetitive isometric stimulus regime (40 Hz for 330 ms every s for 180 s) in the anesthetized cat. It was necessary to determine the smallest fraction of muscle that had the same force-velocity properties as the whole muscle. This was approximately 15% for FDL; if the fraction was less, the maximum speed of shortening was depressed and the a/Po value increased. Motor units were enlarged by partial denervation of the muscle, causing the intact motoneurons to sprout and incorporate more muscle fibers; FR units showed the greatest increase. Immediately after the fatigue regime, maximum isometric tetanic tension declined to 67% but subsequently recovered to 90% of the control value by the end of the 60-min recovery period. Maximum speed of shortening dropped to 71% of the control but after 30 min had recovered and did not differ significantly from control values. It is concluded that the capacity for recovery from fatigue is greater for FR units than for a whole muscle, which also contains fast-fatiguable units, and that the mechanisms involved in the recovery of the maximum isometric tension and maximum speed of shortening are independently regulated.


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