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The effects of unilateral and bilateral eccentric overload training on hypertrophy, muscle power and COD performance, and its determinants, in team sport players.
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- Effects of unilateral training on rapid force production in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of unilateral versus bilateral training on linear sprint and change-of-direction performance in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of eccentric training on athlete movement speed: a systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Bilateral and Unilateral Resistance Training on Horizontally Orientated Movement Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Pooled it
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- Effects of Direction-Specific Training Interventions on Physical Performance and Inter-Limb Asymmetries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Effects of Eccentric Single-Leg Decline Squat Exercise on the Morphological and Structural Properties of the Vastus Lateralis and Patellar Tendon.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Isoinertial Eccentric-Overload Training in Young Soccer Players: Effects on Strength, Sprint, Change of Direction, Agility and Soccer Shooting Precision.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2020Trial
- Effects of Caffeine Supplementation on Power Performance in a Flywheel Device: A Randomised, Double-Blind Cross-Over Study.Nutrients · 2019Trial
- Muscle activity of Bulgarian squat. Effects of additional vibration, suspension and unstable surface.PloS one · 2019Trial
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- 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
- Effects of eccentric- and concentric-based plyometric programmes on strength, speed and tensiomyography parameters of female athletes.Biology of sport · 2026Article
- Effects of unilateral and bilateral training on performance in team sports athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Biology of sport · 2026Article
- Impact of Weekly Eccentric Overload Training on Locomotor and Mechanical Performance in Youth Soccer Players.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2025Article
- A Comparison of Bilateral vs. Unilateral Flywheel Strength Training on Physical Performance in Youth Male Basketball Players.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Comparative effects of flywheel and traditional resistance training on reactive strength and multidirectional COD in elite badminton players.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Rear Leg-derived Moment Contributes to Resistance Against Hip Extension in Bulgarian Split Squats.International journal of exercise science · 2025Article
- Force Production and Electromyographic Activity during Different Flywheel Deadlift Exercises.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Current Guidelines for the Implementation of Flywheel Resistance Training Technology in Sports: A Consensus Statement.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Article
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Abstract
The study aimed to compare the chronic eccentric-overload training effects of unilateral (lateral lunge) vs bilateral (half-squat) using an inertial device, on hypertrophy and physical performance. Twenty-seven young team sports male players performed a 4 sets of 7 repetitions of inertial eccentric overload training, biweekly for 6 weeks, distributed in unilateral lunge group (UG: age: 22.8 ± 2.9 years; body mass: 75.3 ± 8.8 kg; height: 177.3 ± 3.7 cm) and bilateral squat group (BG: age: 22.6 ± 2.7 years; body mass: 79.5 ± 12.8 kg; height: 164.2 ± 7 cm). Lower limb muscle volume, counter movement jump (CMJ), power with both (POWER), dominant (POWERd) and no-dominant leg (POWERnd), change of direction turn of 90° with dominant (COD90d) and no-dominant leg (COD90nd) and 180° (COD180d and COD180nd), and 10m sprint time (T-10m) were measured pre and post-intervention. The UG obtained an increase of adductor major (+11.1%) and vastus medialis (+12.6%) higher than BG. The BG obtained an increase of vastus lateralis (+9.9%) and lateral gastrocnemius (+9.1%) higher than UG. Both groups improved CMJ, POWER, POWERd, POWERnd, COD90 and DEC-COD90, without changes in T-10m. The UG decrease DEC-COD90nd (-21.1%) and BG increase POWER (+38.6%) substantially more than the other group. Six-weeks of unilateral / bilateral EO training induce substantial improvements in lower limbs muscle volume and functional performance, although unilateral training seems to be more effective in improving COD90 performance.
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