Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2009
Functional maximal strength training induces neural transfer to single-joint tasks.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Task Specificity of Dynamic Resistance Training and Its Transferability to Non-trained Isometric Muscle Strength: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Pooled it
- Determining the Sites of Neural Adaptations to Resistance Training: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Pooled it
- Maximal strength training in patients with inflammatory rheumatic disease: implications for physical function and quality of life.European journal of applied physiology · 2022Trial
- Maximal strength training-induced increase in efferent neural drive is not reflected in relative protein expression of SERCA.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Trial
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- Therapeutic effects of maximal strength training on walking efficiency in patients with schizophrenia - a pilot study.BMC research notes · 2012Trial
- Enhanced neural drive after maximal strength training in multiple sclerosis patients.European journal of applied physiology · 2010Trial
- Effects of age on muscle power, postural control and functional capacity after short-term immobilization and retraining.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2022Article
- Corticospinal and spinal adaptations to motor skill and resistance training: Potential mechanisms and implications for motor rehabilitation and athletic development.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Review
- The knowns and unknowns of neural adaptations to resistance training.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Review
- The effect from maximal bench press strength training on work economy during wheelchair propulsion in men with spinal cord injury.Spinal cord · 2016Article
- Maximal strength training as physical rehabilitation for patients with substance use disorder; a randomized controlled trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2016Article
- The neuromechanical adaptations to Achilles tendinosis.The Journal of physiology · 2015Article
- Strength training-induced responses in older adults: attenuation of descending neural drive with age.Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2015Article
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- Neuromuscular performance of paretic versus non-paretic plantar flexors after stroke.European journal of applied physiology · 2011Article
- Resistance training induces supraspinal adaptations: evidence from movement-related cortical potentials.European journal of applied physiology · 2010Article
- No effect of prior caffeine ingestion on neuromuscular recovery after maximal fatiguing contractions.European journal of applied physiology · 2010Article
- Neural adaptations underlying cross-education after unilateral strength training.European journal of applied physiology · 2009Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether neural adaptations following functional multiple-joint leg press training can induce neural adaptations to the plantar flexor muscles in a single-joint contraction task. Subjects were randomised to a maximal strength training (MST) (n = 10) or a control group (n = 9). MST consisted of 24 sessions (8 weeks) of 4 x 4 repetitions of horizontal leg press using maximal intended velocity in the concentric phase with the movement ending in a plantar flexion. Neural adaptations in the soleus and gastrocnemius medialis (GM) were assessed by surface electromyographic activity and V-waves during maximum voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC), and also by H-reflexes in the soleus during rest and 20% MVIC. One repetition maximum leg press increased by 44 +/- 14% (mean +/- SD; P < 0.01). Plantar flexion MVIC increased by 20 +/- 14% (P < 0.01), accompanied by 13 +/- 19% (P < 0.05) increase in soleus, but not GM surface electromyography. Soleus V/M(SUP) increased by 53 +/- 66% and in GM by 59 +/- 64% (P < 0.05). Normalised soleus H-reflexes remained unchanged by training. No changes occurred in the control group. These results suggest that leg press MST can induce neural adaptations in a single-joint plantar flexion MVIC task.
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