ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2007
Altering the length-tension relationship with eccentric exercise : implications for performance and injury.
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- Building for the Future: A Systematic Review of the Effects of Eccentric Resistance Training on Measures of Physical Performance in Youth Athletes.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- The effect of Nordic hamstring strength training on muscle architecture, stiffness, and strength.European journal of applied physiology · 2017Trial
- Effects of isometric training on the knee extensor moment-angle relationship and vastus lateralis muscle architecture.European journal of applied physiology · 2014Trial
- Maximum Sprints Elicit Higher Peak Knee Joint Power than Resistance Training Exercises.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Velocity-Dependent Eccentric Knee-Flexion Isokinetic Assessment in Elite Professional Soccer Players: Reliability, Inter-Limb Asymmetry and Mechanical Characteristics.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Do Flywheel Exercises Provide Eccentric-Overload Training?Sports medicine - open · 2026Article
- Manipulating Resistance Exercise Variables to Improve Jumps, Sprints, and Changes of Direction in Soccer: What We Know and What We Don't Know.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Review
- Comparison of a Low Load Eccentric Training Protocol and a Static Stretching Protocol on Hamstring Muscle Flexibility.International journal of exercise science · 2025Article
- Eccentric strengthening vs. conventional therapy in sub-acute stroke survivors: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- The Effect of Variations in Knee and Hip Angles on Electromyographic Activity of the Hamstrings and Related Muscles During the Nordic Hamstring Exercise.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2024Article
- Effect of the Law Enforcement Duty Belt on Muscle Activation during Hip Hinging Movements in Young, Healthy Adults.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2023Article
- Hamstrings force-length relationships and their implications for angle-specific joint torques: a narrative review.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Review
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- Does category of strength predict return-to-work after occupational injury?BMC public health · 2022Article
- Influence of Altered Knee Angle on Electromyographic Activity of Hamstring Muscles Between Nordic Hamstring Exercise and Nordic Hamstring Exercise with Incline Slope Lower Leg Board.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2022Article
- Is the Integration of Additional Eccentric, Balance and Core Muscles Exercises into a Typical Soccer Program Effective in Improving Strength and Postural Stability?Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Epidemiology of Injuries in National Collegiate Athletic Association Women's Ice Hockey: 2014-2015 Through 2018-2019.Journal of athletic training · 2021Article
- Altered Drop Jump Landing Biomechanics Following Eccentric Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Residual Force Enhancement Is Present in Consecutive Post-Stretch Isometric Contractions of the Hamstrings during a Training Simulation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Development of a Novel Nordic Hamstring Exercise Device to Measure and Modify the Knee Flexors' Torque-Length Relationship.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Article
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Abstract
The effects of eccentric exercise on muscle injury prevention and athletic performance are emerging areas of interest to researchers. Of particular interest are the adaptations that occur after a single bout, or multiple bouts of eccentric exercise. It has been established that after certain types of eccentric exercise, the optimum length of tension development in muscle can be shifted to longer muscle lengths. Altering the length-tension relationship can have a profound influence on human movements. It is thought that the length-tension relationship is influenced by the structural makeup of muscle. However, the mechanism responsible for the shift in optimum length is not readily agreed upon. Despite the conflict, several studies have reported a shift in optimum length after eccentric exercise. Unfortunately, very few of these studies have been randomised, controlled training studies, and the duration of the shift has not yet been established. Nonetheless, this adaptation may result in greater structural stability at longer muscle lengths and consequently may have interesting implications for injury prevention and athletic performance. Both contentions remain relatively unexplored and provide the focus of this review.
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