Concentric vs eccentric movement: which is better for muscle growth?
You lower into the squat, pause at the bottom, then drive upward to stand; these three phases are called eccentric, isometric ...
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Performance and symmetry measures during vertical jump testing at return to sport after ACL reconstruction
Results At the time of return to sport after ACLR, athletes still presented significant differences favouring the uninvolved side, particularly in the symmetry of the concentric impulse (p<0.001) in ...
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Eccentric calf muscle exercise produces a greater acute reduction in Achilles tendon thickness than concentric exercise
Eccentric loading induced a significantly greater decrease than concentric loading despite a similar impulse (−0.21 vs −0.05, p<0.05). Post-exercise, eccentrically loaded tendons recovered ...