ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2009
Neural adaptations underlying cross-education after unilateral strength training.
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- Cross-education of lower limb muscle strength following resistance exercise training in males and females: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Experimental physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Determining the Sites of Neural Adaptations to Resistance Training: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Pooled it
- Cross-education of muscular strength following unilateral resistance training: a meta-analysis.European journal of applied physiology · 2017Pooled it
- Cross-education effects of healthy-side lower-limb strength training on neuromuscular function recovery following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Trial
- Effects of Unilateral, Bilateral and Combined Plyometric Jump Training on Asymmetry of Muscular Strength and Power, and Change-of-Direction in Youth Male Basketball Players.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2024Trial
- Contralateral training effects of low-intensity blood-flow restricted and high-intensity unilateral resistance training.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Trial
- Cross-education improves quadriceps strength recovery after ACL reconstruction: a randomized controlled trial.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2019Trial
- The ipsilateral corticospinal responses to cross-education are dependent upon the motor-training intervention.Experimental brain research · 2018Trial
- Neural adaptations after short-term wingate-based high-intensity interval training.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2017Trial
- Effects of 4 weeks of low-load unilateral resistance training, with and without blood flow restriction, on strength, thickness, V wave, and H reflex of the soleus muscle in men.European journal of applied physiology · 2017Trial
- No evidence of neural adaptations following chronic unilateral isometric training of the intrinsic muscles of the hand: a randomized controlled study.European journal of applied physiology · 2016Trial
- Cross-education of wrist extensor strength is not influenced by non-dominant training in right-handers.European journal of applied physiology · 2016Trial
- The effects of whole-body vibration on the cross-transfer of strength.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2012Trial
- Enhanced neural drive after maximal strength training in multiple sclerosis patients.European journal of applied physiology · 2010Trial
- Peer-reviewed by human experts: AI failed in key steps to generate a scoping review on the neural mechanisms of cross-education.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Cross-Education of Strength: From Theory to Practice in Contemporary Sports Rehabilitation-A Narrative Review and Clinical Implications.Sports medicine - open · 2025Review
- The Effects of TMR® Fab 6 on Hamstring Flexibility in Healthy Subjects; An Exploratory Observational Investigation.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2024Article
- Cross-education: motor unit adaptations mediate the strength increase in non-trained muscles following 8 weeks of unilateral resistance training.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- The Eccentric Phase in Unilateral Resistance Training Enhances and Preserves the Contralateral Knee Extensors Strength Gains After Detraining in Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Does partial activation of the neuromuscular system induce cross-education training effect? Case of a pilot study on motor imagery and neuromuscular electrical stimulation.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 4-week (16 sessions) unilateral, maximal isometric strength training on contralateral neural adaptations. Subjects were randomised to a strength training group (TG, n = 15) or to a control group (CG, n = 11). Both legs of both groups were tested for plantar flexion maximum voluntary isometric contractions (MVCs), surface electromyogram (EMG), H-reflexes and V-waves in the soleus (SOL) and gastrocnemius medialis (GM) superimposed during MVC and normalised by the M-wave (EMG/M(SUP), H(SUP)/M(SUP), V/M(SUP), respectively), before and after the training period. For the untrained leg, the TG increased compared to the CG for MVC torque (33%, P < 0.01), SOL EMG/M(SUP) (32%, P < 0.05) and SOL V/M(SUP) (24%, P < 0.05). For the trained leg, the TG increased compared to the CG for MVC torque (40%, P < 0.01), EMG/M(SUP) (SOL: 38%, P < 0.05; GM: 60%, P < 0.05) and SOL V/M(SUP) (72%, P < 0.01). H(SUP)/M(SUP) remained unchanged for both limbs. No changes occurred in the CG. These results reinforce the concept that enhanced neural drive to the contralateral agonist muscles contributes to cross-education of strength.
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