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Increasing stiffness reduced joint movement time at fast deactivation rates, but increased movement time at slow deactivation rates. This occurs because antagonist muscles resist the passive tension at rest, but are stretched eccentrically by the agonist, amplifying their active resistive force. Fast-deactivating muscles can avoid this resistive effect, allowing the passive stiffness to amplify accelerating force and enhance performance. In all cases, coactivation emerged as optimal during and after the braking period, and during the acceleration phase when stiffness increased. As deactivation time increased, so too did coactivation levels\u2013 but coactivation was not generally associated with a reduction in performance. 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