Which of the following is not a method of gradation of skeletal muscle contraction?

a. twitch summation
b. motor unit recruitment
c. stimulating variable portions of each motor unit
d. varying the number of motor units stimulated
e. varying the frequency at which a motor unit is stimulated


C

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