ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Placing Greater Torque at Shorter or Longer Muscle Lengths? Effects of Cable vs. Barbell Preacher Curl Training on Muscular Strength and Hypertrophy in Young Adults.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Comparison Between Shoulder Flexed and Extended Positions in Elbow Flexion Resistance Training on Regional Hypertrophy and Maximum Strength: Preacher versus Bayesian Cable Curls.European journal of sport science · 2025Trial
- The interplay between muscle length, range of motion, and exercise selection: a review.Sports medicine international open · 2026Review
- Dumbbell versus cable lateral raises for lateral deltoid hypertrophy: an experimental study.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Effect of Forearm Postures and Elbow Joint Angles on Elbow Flexion Torque and Mechanomyography in Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation of the Biceps Brachii.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Regional Hypertrophy: The Effect of Exercises at Long and Short Muscle Lengths in Recreationally Trained Women.Journal of human kinetics · 2023Article
- Biceps Brachii and Brachioradialis Excitation in Biceps Curl Exercise: Different Handgrips, Different Synergy.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Bilateral Biceps Curl Shows Distinct Biceps Brachii and Anterior Deltoid Excitation Comparing Straight vs. EZ Barbell Coupled with Arms Flexion/No-Flexion.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2023Article
- Characteristics of resistance training-based protocols in older adults with sarcopenic obesity: a scoping review of training procedure recommendations.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Appropriate Reporting of Exercise Variables in Resistance Training Protocols: Much more than Load and Number of Repetitions.Sports medicine - open · 2022Review
- Growth, Somatic Maturation, and Their Impact on Physical Health and Sports Performance: An Editorial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Equating Resistance-Training Volume Between Programs Focused on Muscle Hypertrophy.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Review
- Effects of a high-volume static stretching programme on plantar-flexor muscle strength and architecture.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Article
- Elbow Joint Angles in Elbow Flexor Unilateral Resistance Exercise Training Determine Its Effects on Muscle Strength and Thickness of Trained and Non-trained Arms.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Muscular strength and hypertrophy following resistance training may be obtained in different degrees depending on the approach performed. This study was designed to compare the responses of the biceps brachii to two preacher curl exercises, one performed on a cable-pulley system (CAB; in which a greater torque was applied during the exercise when elbows were flexed and biceps shortened) and one performed with a barbell (BAR; in which greater torque was applied when the elbows were extended and biceps stretched). Thirty-five young adults (CAB: 13 men, 5 women; BAR: 12 men, 5 women; age = 24 ± 5 years) performed a resistance training program three times per week for 10 weeks, with preacher curl exercises performed in three sets of 8-12 repetitions. Outcomes measured included elbow flexion peak isokinetic torque at angles of 20°, 60°, and 100° (considering 0° as elbow extended), and biceps brachii thickness (B-mode ultrasound). Following the training period, there were significant increases for both groups in elbow flexion peak torque at the 20° (CAB: 30%; BAR = 39%;
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