ArticleFrontiers in physiology2020
Eight-Week Low-Intensity Squat Training at Slow Speed Simultaneously Improves Knee and Hip Flexion and Extension Strength.
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- Task Specificity of Dynamic Resistance Training and Its Transferability to Non-trained Isometric Muscle Strength: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Pooled it
- Three sets of low-intensity resistance exercises with slow movement and tonic force generation cause more muscular fatigue.Journal of physiological anthropology · 2025Trial
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- Effects of resistance-type and cycling-type high-intensity interval training on cardiorespiratory fitness, lower-body strength, and anaerobic fitness.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Effects of carbon dioxide hydrate cryotherapy on knee flexor muscle function recovery trajectory after muscle damage: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Functional Resistance Training With Viscous and Elastic Devices: Does Resistance Type Acutely Affect Knee Function?IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering · 2023Article
- Does Back Squat Exercise Lead to Regional Hypertrophy among Quadriceps Femoris Muscles?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Similar improvements in cognitive inhibitory control following low-intensity resistance exercise with slow movement and tonic force generation and high-intensity resistance exercise in healthy young adults: a preliminary study.The journal of physiological sciences : JPS · 2021Article
- Muscle Damage Indicated by Maximal Voluntary Contraction Strength Changes From Immediately to 1 Day After Eccentric Exercise of the Knee Extensors.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Considering that the squat exercise requires flexion and extension of the knee and hip joints, a resistance training program based on squat exercises should efficiently increase the flexion and extension strength of both the knee and hip. To our knowledge, however, no study has simultaneously investigated the effects of squat training on both flexion and extension strength in both the knee and hip. Low-intensity squat exercises at slow speeds can be expected to effectively and safely improve knee and hip flexion and extension strength in a wide range of individuals. This study aimed to clarify whether knee and hip flexion and extension strength improved after an 8-week low-intensity squat training program at slow speed. Twenty-four untrained young men were randomly assigned to a training or control group. Participants in the training group performed 40% one-repetition maximum parallel squats at slow speed (4 s for concentric/eccentric actions), 3 days per week for 8 weeks. Before and after the intervention, isometric peak torque of the knee and hip flexors and extensors during maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) was determined. For the knee flexors and extensors, muscle volume was also measured. There were significant training-induced increases in peak torque (
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