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An experiment is performed in which a muscle–tendon unit is fixed at some (unknown) length

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, the muscle is activated to a specified predetermined level, and the tendon force is measured once the muscle and tendon have reached equilibrium (steady state). The muscle has the following active and passive force–length relationships:

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