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Period of Contraction is the second stage of a muscle twitch, when cross bridges are active, from the onset to the peak of tension development, and the myogram tracing rises to a peak. This period lasts 10-100 ms. If the tension (pull) becomes great enough to overcome the resistance of a load, the muscle shortens

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