.... 27 6 2019 22 9 2019 © 2019. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2019 http://www.biologists.com/user-licence-1-1/ Summary: Passive tension in skeletal muscle increases in proportion to tissue fluid volume, suggesting that natural fluctuations in water content may...

.... A skinned fibre preparation was used in an attempt to limit endomysial contributions to passive tension. Strips of psoas muscle were dissected from euthanized animals, tied to small wooden sticks and stored in a relaxing solution [containing (in mmol l −1 ): potassium propionate (170), magnesium acetate...