Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2020
Increased fascicle length but not patellar tendon stiffness after accentuated eccentric-load strength training in already-trained men.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Acute and Chronic Effects of Accentuated Eccentric Loading vs. Constant-Load Resistance Training: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Resistance or power training to enhance lower limb muscle morphology in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy? A focused systematic review with meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Mechanical, Material and Morphological Adaptations of Healthy Lower Limb Tendons to Mechanical Loading: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Plyometric Training on Lower Body Muscle Architecture, Tendon Structure, Stiffness and Physical Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2022Pooled it
- Cross-Education Effects After Submaximal and Supramaximal Accentuated Eccentric Loading on Lean Mass and Function in Women.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
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- Effects of Inertial Flywheel Training vs. Accentuated Eccentric Loading Training on Strength, Power, and Speed in Well-Trained Male College Sprinters.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Is a Maximal Strength-Training Program Effective on Physical Fitness, Injury Incidence, and Injury Burden in Semi-Professional Soccer Players? A Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Muscle-tendon unit design and tuning for power enhancement, power attenuation, and reduction of metabolic cost.Journal of biomechanics · 2023Review
- Effects of submaximal and supramaximal accentuated eccentric loading on mass and function.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Effects of Upper Body Eccentric versus Concentric Strength Training and Detraining on Maximal Force, Muscle Activation, Hypertrophy and Serum Hormones in Women.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2022Article
- Velocity-based resistance training: do women need greater velocity loss to maximize adaptations?European journal of applied physiology · 2022Article
- Effects of flywheel resistance training on the running economy of young male well-trained distance runners.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- The Influence of Growth, Maturation and Resistance Training on Muscle-Tendon and Neuromuscular Adaptations: A Narrative Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Eccentric exercise per se does not affect muscle damage biomarkers: early and late phase adaptations.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Article
- Training-Induced Muscle Adaptations During Competitive Preparation in Elite Female Rowers.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
purposeThis study examined whether additional external load during the eccentric phase of lower limb strength training exercises led to greater adaptations in knee extensor strength, muscle architecture, and patellar tendon properties than traditional concentric-eccentric training in already-trained men.
methodsTwenty-eight men accustomed to strength training were randomized to undertake 10 weeks of supervised traditional (TRAD) or accentuated eccentric loading (AEL) or continue their habitual unsupervised (CON) strength training. TRAD and AEL trained 2∙week
resultsAfter training, both TRAD and AEL significantly increased maximum concentric and isometric torque (p < 0.05), but only AEL increased eccentric torque (AEL: + 10 ± 9%, TRAD: + 4 ± 9%) and vastus lateralis (AEL: + 14 ± 14%, TRAD: + 1 ± 10%) and medialis (AEL: + 19 ± 8%, TRAD: + 5 ± 11%) fascicle length.
conclusionBoth TRAD and AEL increased maximum knee extensor strength but only AEL increased VL and VM fascicle length. Neither training program promoted changes in fascicle angle or changes in patellar tendon properties in our already-trained men.
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