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contraction
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CONTRACTION. An abbreviation; a mode of writing or printing by which some of the letters of a word are omitted. See Abbreviations.



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An adapted sEMG assessment of pelvic-floor muscle activity consisted of an initial rest period of 60 seconds and then a phasic contraction, a tonic contraction of 10 seconds, and a tonic contraction of 20 seconds.
Normal lid closure is maintained during sleep by the tonic contraction of the orbicularis oculi muscle.
The repeated 1-second contraction exercise for the pelvic muscles remained the same; however; the demands of the tonic contraction exercise were increased.
 
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