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Now we can compare the variation of Lm and Lmdot to our settings of Lfbar and V0. Lm seems to vary
between approximately 0.31 and 0.15. With an Lfbar of 0.3 (= 2x0.15) this means that the muscle must
come close to the minimum length at which is has any strength when we approach the end of the
movement. Lmdot varies between -0.24 and -0.06, and this is far from its speed limit V0 = -8, so the
contraction speed is not expected to have much effect. We can investigate the effect very easily simply by
clicking the Strength property of the muscle and obtain the following graph:
The strength does indeed decrease drastically from around 200 N to almost nothing as we expected when
the muscle contracts.
Now that we have muscle data available, let us briefly review the parameters presented in the Chart View: