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ReviewSports health

Eccentric Exercise to Enhance Neuromuscular Control.

Lindsey K Lepley, Adam S Lepley, James A Onate, Dustin R Grooms

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Review in Sports health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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40citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Chronic Adaptations to Eccentric Cycling Training: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lindsey K LepleyDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
Adam S LepleyDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
James A OnateSchool of Health and Rehabilitative Sciences, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Dustin R GroomsOhio Musculoskeletal & Neurological Institute, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.
University of Connecticut · USOhio University · USThe Ohio State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextNeuromuscular alterations are a major causal factor of primary and secondary injuries. Though injury prevention programs have experienced some success, rates of injuries have not declined, and after injury, individuals often return to activity with functionality below clinical recommendations. Considering alternative therapies to the conventional concentric exercise approach, such as one that can target neuromuscular injury risk and postinjury alterations, may provide for more effective injury prevention and rehabilitation protocols. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: Peer-reviewed sources available on the Web of Science and MEDLINE databases from 2000 through 2016 were gathered using searches associated with the keywords eccentric exercise, injury prevention, and neuromuscular control. HYPOTHESIS: Eccentric exercise will reduce injury risk by targeting specific neural and morphologic alterations that precipitate neuromuscular dysfunction. STUDY

designClinical review. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 4.

resultsNeuromuscular control is influenced by alterations in muscle morphology and neural activity. Eccentric exercise beneficially modifies several underlying factors of muscle morphology (fiber typing, cross-sectional area, working range, and pennation angle), and emerging evidence indicates that eccentric exercise is also beneficial to peripheral and central neural activity (alpha motorneuron recruitment/firing, sarcolemma activity, corticospinal excitability, and brain activation).

conclusionThere is mounting evidence that eccentric exercise is not only a therapeutic intervention influencing muscle morphology but also targets unique alterations in neuromuscular control, influencing injury risk.

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Athletic InjuriesExerciseExercise TherapyHumansMotor NeuronsMuscle, SkeletalMuscle StrengthRisk Factorseccentric exerciseinjury preventionneuromuscular

Identifiers

PMID28571492
PMCPMC5496707
OpenAlexW2620634717

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