ArticleThe journal of physiological sciences : JPS2011
Changes in human skeletal muscle length during stimulated eccentric muscle actions.
Article in The journal of physiological sciences : JPS, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Heterogenous quadriceps femoris inter-head but consistent intra-head rigidity changes after voluntary eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Relative variances of the cadence frequency of cycling under two differential saddle heights.Journal of physical therapy science · 2016Article
- Systemic cytokine response to three bouts of eccentric exercise.Results in immunology · 2014Article
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Abstract
Following eccentric exercise, increases in muscle length alter the length-tension relation of skeletal muscle. However, its unclear if this change occurs during eccentric exercise. Therefore, 70 eccentric actions of the knee extensors of one leg (with superimposed electrical stimulation) were performed at 100°/s, from full extension to full flexion. Angle-specific eccentric force was recorded throughout. Force decreased at all angles although this was non-uniform. At 70°, force decreased by 25%, whereas at 130°, force decreased by 41%. Initial peak force was recorded at 100° (590 ± 232 N); the exercise bout induced a 21% decrease in peak force and a 10° shift in the position of peak force production to 90°. The rightward shift in the muscle length-tension relation thus occurred during eccentric exercise, where greater force loss at short muscle lengths suggested an eccentric-induced over-stretching of sarcomeres.
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