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What is the physiological basis of the 'idiomuscular contraction' (Zsako-Muskelwulst / mechanische Erregbarkeit) observed during the early post-mortem interval?

Local contraction of muscle fibers upon mechanical percussion due to residual intracellular ATP and viable sarcoplasmic excitability Electrical discharge of motor neurons in the spinal cord caused by post-mortem anoxia Rapid denaturation of actomyosin filaments induced by intracellular lactic acidosis Osmotic swelling of myofibrils resulting from post-mortem membrane permeability failure

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Local contraction of muscle fibers upon mechanical percussion due to residual intracellular ATP and viable sarcoplasmic excitability

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