Many experienced strength trainers try to overcome a plateau by trying to adapt their strength program, however this is sometimes ineffective. In just five weeks accentuated eccentric loading training ...

Background Tendinopathy is a common and disabling condition that can end an athlete's career. Eccentric loading has proven to be an effective treatment measure for tendinopathy. However, current ...

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Liege, CHU Sart Tilman, Liege, Belgium Correspondence to: Professor J L Croisier Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, ...

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A groundbreaking new study has shown how you can increase muscle growth while spending half the amount of time in the gym. The study, authored by Edith Cowan University professor Ken Nosaka, found ...

Eccentric-only resistance training at long muscle lengths and with a long contraction duration can chronically decrease the passive stiffness of a specific muscle while simultaneously increasing its ...

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Once reserved for athletes, eccentric exercise is becoming increasingly popular in everyday training and physical therapy—especially for people with musculoskeletal conditions like Parkinson’s disease ...

For many people, the thought of beginning a fitness journey feels overwhelming. Between busy schedules, uncertainty about proper techniques, and concerns about injury, the barriers to starting ...

A concentric contraction is a type of muscle activation that causes tension on your muscle as it shortens. As your muscle shortens, it generates enough force to move an object. This is the most ...