ArticleJournal of human kinetics2017
Functional and Muscle-Size Effects of Flywheel Resistance Training with Eccentric-Overload in Professional Handball Players.
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- The Effects of Advanced Resistance Training Prescription Methods on Strength, Power, Hypertrophy, and Performance Adaptations in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Network Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
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- Internal Validity in Resistance Training Research: A Systematic Review.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2022Pooled it
- The effect of flywheel training on strength and physical capacities in sporting and healthy populations: An umbrella review.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
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- Eight-Week Flywheel Training Enhances Jump Performance and Stretch-Shortening Cycle Function in Collegiate Basketball Players.European journal of sport science · 2025Trial
- The impact of 6-week flywheel eccentric training on sprint speed and change-of-direction of female basketball players.PloS one · 2025Trial
- Flywheel resistance training promotes unique muscle architectural and performance-related adaptations in young adults.European journal of sport science · 2024Trial
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- Greater Power but Not Strength Gains Using Flywheel Versus Equivolumed Traditional Strength Training in Junior Basketball Players.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
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- Cross-Education Effects After Submaximal and Supramaximal Accentuated Eccentric Loading on Lean Mass and Function in Women.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Is lower training frequency more effective? Dose-response relationship of in-season flywheel resistance training on vertical jump and sprint performance in male team-sport athletes: a meta analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Effects of unilateral vs. bilateral flywheel-based complex training on change-of-direction and sprint performance in elite male volleyball players.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- One, two, or three times a week? examining the optimal frequency for strength and muscle growth in accentuated eccentric exercise.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
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- Comparison of six-week flywheel and traditional resistance training on deceleration and dynamic balance in elite badminton players.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
The aim of the study was to analyse the effects of 6 week (15 sessions) flywheel resistance training with eccentric-overload (FRTEO) on different functional and anatomical variables in professional handball players. Twenty-nine athletes were recruited and randomly divided into two groups. The experimental group (EXP, n = 15) carried out 15 sessions of FRTEO in the leg-press exercise, with 4 sets of 7 repetitions at a maximum-concentric effort. The control group (CON, n = 14) performed the same number of training sessions including 4 sets of 7 maximum repetitions (7RM) using a weight-stack leg-press machine. The results which were measured included maximal dynamic strength (1RM), muscle power at different submaximal loads (PO), vertical jump height (CMJ and SJ), 20 m sprint time (20 m), T-test time (T-test), and Vastus-Lateralis muscle (VL) thickness. The results of the EXP group showed a substantially better improvement (p < 0.05-0.001) in PO, CMJ, 20 m, T-test and VL, compared to the CON group. Moreover, athletes from the EXP group showed significant improvements concerning all the variables measured: 1RM (ES = 0.72), PO (ES = 0.42 - 0.83), CMJ (ES = 0.61), SJ (ES = 0.54), 20 m (ES = 1.45), T-test (ES = 1.44), and VL (ES = 0.63 - 1.64). Since handball requires repeated short, explosive effort such as accelerations and decelerations during sprints with changes of direction, these results suggest that FRTEO affects functional and anatomical changes in a way which improves performance in well-trained professional handball players.
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