Which of the following is true regarding the stretch-shortening cycle?

A. When a muscle is stretched just prior to contraction, the resulting contraction is more forceful.
B. An eccentric contraction is followed by a concentric contraction.
C. The SSC promotes storage of elastic energy.
D. both A and B
E. all of the above


E. all of the above

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