ReviewJournal of sport and health science2018
Spinal and supraspinal control of motor function during maximal eccentric muscle contraction: Effects of resistance training.
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- Cross-education of lower limb muscle strength following resistance exercise training in males and females: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Experimental physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Eccentric-Only Versus Concentric-Only Isokinetic Strength Training Effects on Maximal Voluntary Eccentric, Concentric and Isometric Contraction Strength: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic Review of the Impact of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on the Neuromechanical Management of Foot and Ankle Physical Performance in Healthy Adults.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of whole-body electromyostimulation training on upper limb muscles strength and body composition in moderately trained males: A randomized controlled study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Trial
- Maximal eccentric-concentric strength determines stretch-shortening cycle leg power across biological sexes.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Neuromuscular mechanisms for the fast decline in rate of force development with muscle disuse - a narrative review.The Journal of physiology · 2026Review
- Hamstring Injury Mechanisms and Eccentric Training-Induced Muscle Adaptations: Current Insights and Future Directions.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Review
- Effects of Eccentric Speed during Front Squat Conditioning Activity on Post-activation Performance Enhancement of Hip and Thigh Muscles.Journal of human kinetics · 2024Article
- Neuromuscular factors predicting lower limb explosive strength in male college sprinters.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Mild to moderate damage in knee extensor muscles accumulates after two bouts of maximal eccentric contractions.European journal of applied physiology · 2023Article
- Reliability of corticospinal excitability and intracortical inhibition in biceps femoris during different contraction modes.The European journal of neuroscience · 2023Article
- Determining concentric and eccentric force-velocity profiles during squatting.European journal of applied physiology · 2022Article
- Daily protein-polyphenol ingestion increases daily myofibrillar protein synthesis rates and promotes early muscle functional gains during resistance training.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2022Article
- Can Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage Be a Good Model for the Investigation of the Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Diet in Humans?Biomedicines · 2021Review
- Modulation of spinal excitability following neuromuscular electrical stimulation superimposed to voluntary contraction.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Article
- Strength and Power Training in Rehabilitation: Underpinning Principles and Practical Strategies to Return Athletes to High Performance.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Review
- Global Corticospinal Excitability as Assessed in A Non-Exercised Upper Limb Muscle Compared Between Concentric and Eccentric Modes of Leg Cycling.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Corrigendum to "Spinal and supraspinal control of motor function during maximal eccentric muscle contraction: Effects of resistance training" [J Sport Health Sci 7 (2018) 282-293].Journal of sport and health science · 2019Article
- Stumbling Reactions in Partial Gravity - Neuromechanics of Compensatory Postural Responses and Inter-Limb Coordination During Perturbation of Human Stance.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Article
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
Neuromuscular activity is suppressed during maximal eccentric (ECC) muscle contraction in untrained subjects owing to attenuated levels of central activation and reduced spinal motor neuron (MN) excitability indicated by reduced electromyography signal amplitude, diminished evoked H-reflex responses, increased autogenic MN inhibition, and decreased excitability in descending corticospinal motor pathways. Maximum ECC muscle force recorded during maximal voluntary contraction can be increased by superimposed electrical muscle stimulation only in untrained individuals and not in trained strength athletes, indicating that the suppression in MN activation is modifiable by resistance training. In support of this notion, maximum ECC muscle strength can be increased by use of heavy-load resistance training owing to a removed or diminished suppression in neuromuscular activity. Prolonged (weeks to months) of heavy-load resistance training results in increased H-reflex and V-wave responses during maximal ECC muscle actions along with marked gains in maximal ECC muscle strength, indicating increased excitability of spinal MNs, decreased presynaptic and/or postsynaptic MN inhibition, and elevated descending motor drive. Notably, the use of supramaximal ECC resistance training can lead to selectively elevated V-wave responses during maximal ECC contraction, demonstrating that adaptive changes in spinal circuitry function and/or gains in descending motor drive can be achieved during maximal ECC contraction in response to heavy-load resistance training.
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