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50 Post author: RomeoStevens 10 March 2014 03:37AM

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Comment author: fezziwig 10 March 2014 10:29:26PM 4 points [-]

Why is that, anyway? I observed the same thing in my own rehab: the machine stopped doing anything useful long before I was able to e.g. stand on just my injured leg, but the exercises I was doing didn't feel any more intense than the machine in terms of muscle flexion. Do we know what the story is there?

Comment author: RomeoStevens 11 March 2014 07:02:17AM 2 points [-]

Not sure, but I assume it's just that sending a shock through the muscle is just fundamentally different from contracting it through its full range of motion with your CNS.