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contraction, in physicscontraction, in physics: see expansion expansion, in physics, increase in volume resulting from an increase in temperature. Contraction is the reverse process. When heat is applied to a body, the rate of vibration and the distances between the molecules composing it are increased and, hence, the space..... Click the link for more information. . contraction, in grammarcontraction, in writing: see abbreviation abbreviation, in writing, arbitrary shortening of a word, usually by cutting off letters from the end, as in U.S. and Gen. (General). Contraction serves the same purpose but is understood strictly to be the shortening of a word by cutting out letters in the middle,..... Click the link for more information. .
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| In free static stretching there is no external loading with muscle relaxation, or with isometric muscle contraction (sometimes called active static stretching). Each subject performed an isometric muscle contraction 3 times consecutively with a 2-minute rest between trials. In addition to carrying information from nociceptors to the central nervous system, some group III and IV afferents mediate the pressor response to sustained isometric muscle contraction. |
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isometric muscle contraction
