ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2012
Contraction type influences the human ability to use the available torque capacity of skeletal muscle during explosive efforts.
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- Neural and contractile determinants of burst-like explosive isometric contractions of the knee extensors.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2023Article
- Reliability of mechanical properties of the plantar flexor muscle tendon unit with consideration to joint angle and sex.PloS one · 2023Article
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- Explosive strength: effect of knee-joint angle on functional, neural, and intrinsic contractile properties.European journal of applied physiology · 2019Article
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- Effect of acceleration on the rate of power development and neural activity of the leg extensors across the adult life span.European journal of applied physiology · 2019Article
- Combined Resistance and Plyometric Training Is More Effective Than Plyometric Training Alone for Improving Physical Fitness of Pubertal Soccer Players.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Article
- Rate of force development: physiological and methodological considerations.European journal of applied physiology · 2016Review
- Maximal and explosive strength training elicit distinct neuromuscular adaptations, specific to the training stimulus.European journal of applied physiology · 2014Article
- Resource allocation in mammalian systems.Biotechnology advancesReview
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Abstract
The influence of contraction type on the human ability to use the torque capacity of skeletal muscle during explosive efforts has not been documented. Fourteen male participants completed explosive voluntary contractions of the knee extensors in four separate conditions: concentric (CON) and eccentric (ECC); and isometric at two knee angles (101°, ISO101 and 155°, ISO155). In each condition, torque was measured at 25 ms intervals up to 150 ms from torque onset, and then normalized to the maximum voluntary torque (MVT) specific to that joint angle and angular velocity. Explosive voluntary torque after 50 ms in each condition was also expressed as a percentage of torque generated after 50 ms during a supramaximal 300 Hz electrically evoked octet in the same condition. Explosive voluntary torque normalized to MVT was more than 60 per cent larger in CON than any other condition after the initial 25 ms. The percentage of evoked torque expressed after 50 ms of the explosive voluntary contractions was also greatest in CON (ANOVA; p < 0.001), suggesting higher concentric volitional activation. This was confirmed by greater agonist electromyography normalized to M(max) (recorded during the explosive voluntary contractions) in CON. These results provide novel evidence that the ability to use the muscle's torque capacity explosively is influenced by contraction type, with concentric contractions being more conducive to explosive performance due to a more effective neural strategy.
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