ReviewJournal of sport and health science2018
Basic science and clinical use of eccentric contractions: History and uncertainties.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- Limb Strength and Power Asymmetries in Professional Team Sport Athletes at Return-to-Sport Testing Following ACL Reconstruction.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Hamstring Injury Mechanisms and Eccentric Training-Induced Muscle Adaptations: Current Insights and Future Directions.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Review
- Adverse effects of high-fat diet consumption on contractile mechanics of isolated mouse skeletal muscle are reduced when supplemented with resveratrol.The Journal of physiology · 2025Article
- The effect of nordic walking with poles with an integrated resistance shock absorber on muscle stiffness and elasticity indicators in postmenopausal women.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Neurophysiology of ACL Injury.Orthopedic reviews · 2025Article
- Neurochemical mechanism of muscular pain: Insight from the study on delayed onset muscle soreness.The journal of physiological sciences : JPS · 2024Review
- Effect of Eccentric Exercise on Metabolic Health in Diabetes and Obesity.Sports medicine - open · 2023Review
- Eccentric muscle contractions: from single muscle fibre to whole muscle mechanics.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2023Review
- Commentaries on Viewpoint: Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst: can we perform remote data collection in sport sciences?Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2022Article
- Applications of Eccentric Exercise to Improve Muscle and Mobility Function in Older Adults.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2022Article
- Biceps femoris long head sarcomere and fascicle length adaptations after 3 weeks of eccentric exercise training.Journal of sport and health science · 2022Article
- Eccentric Exercise: Adaptations and Applications for Health and Performance.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2021Review
- Acute and Delayed Effects of Time-Matched Very Short "All Out" Efforts in Concentric vs. Eccentric Cycling.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Age-Related Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction Is Aggravated by Obesity: An Investigation of Contractile Function, Implications and Treatment.Biomolecules · 2021Review
- Eccentric exercise per se does not affect muscle damage biomarkers: early and late phase adaptations.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Article
- Non-cross Bridge Viscoelastic Elements Contribute to Muscle Force and Work During Stretch-Shortening Cycles: Evidence From Whole Muscles and Permeabilized Fibers.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- Effect of Three Half-Squat Protocols on the Tensiomyographic Twitch Response and Tissue Damage of the Rectus Femoris and the Biceps Femoris.Journal of human kinetics · 2020Article
- N2A Titin: Signaling Hub and Mechanical Switch in Skeletal Muscle.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- THE MANAGEMENT OF PLANTAR FASCIITIS WITH A MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING GUIDED APPROACH FOR INSTRUMENT ASSISTED SOFT TISSUE MOBILIZATION IN A RUNNER: A CASE REPORT.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2020Article
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Abstract
The peculiar attributes of muscles that are stretched when active have been noted for nearly a century. Understandably, the focus of muscle physiology has been primarily on shortening and isometric contractions, as eloquently revealed by A.V. Hill and subsequently by his students. When the sliding filament theory was introduced by A.F. Huxley and H.E. Huxley, it was a relatively simple task to link Hill's mechanical observations to the actions of the cross bridges during these shortening and isometric contractions. In contrast, lengthening or eccentric contractions have remained somewhat enigmatic. Dismissed as necessarily causing muscle damage, eccentric contractions have been much more difficult to fit into the cross-bridge theory. The relatively recent discovery of the giant elastic sarcomeric filament titin has thrust a previously missing element into any discussion of muscle function, in particular during active stretch. Indeed, the unexpected contribution of giant elastic proteins to muscle contractile function is highlighted by recent discoveries that twitchin-actin interactions are responsible for the "catch" property of invertebrate muscle. In this review, we examine several current theories that have been proposed to account for the properties of muscle during eccentric contraction. We ask how well each of these explains existing data and how an elastic filament can be incorporated into the sliding filament model. Finally, we review the increasing body of evidence for the benefits of including eccentric contractions into a program of muscle rehabilitation and strengthening.
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