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1 Institute for Experimental Medical Research, University of Oslo, Ullevaal Hospital, N-0407 Oslo; 2 National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo; and 3 Section for Health Science, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
To examine changes in contractile properties and mechanisms of fatigue during submaximal nontetanic skeletal muscle activity, in situ perfused soleus (60-min protocol) and extensor digitorum longus (EDL; 10-min protocol) muscles of the rat were electrically stimulated intermittently at low frequency. The partly fused trains of contractions showed a two-phase change in appearance. During the first phase, relaxation slowed, one-half relaxation time increased, and maximal relaxation first derivative of force (dF/dt) decreased. Developed force during the trains was reduced and was closely related to the rate of relaxation in this first phase. During the second phase, relaxation became faster again, one-half relaxation time decreased, and force returned to resting levels between contractions in a train. In contrast, developed force remained reduced, so that peak force of the contractions was 51% (soleus) and 30% (EDL) of control. In the soleus muscle, the changes in contractile properties were not related to ATP, creatine phosphate, or lactate content. The changes in contractile properties fit best with a mechanism of fatigue involving changes in Ca2+ handling by the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
calcium reuptake; relaxation; skeletal muscle; submaximal exercise
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