ReviewSports (Basel, Switzerland)2021
The Influence of Growth, Maturation and Resistance Training on Muscle-Tendon and Neuromuscular Adaptations: A Narrative Review.
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- Comparative effects of exercise-based interventions on jump, linear sprint, and change-of-direction performance in female adolescent team-sport athletes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of Maturation Stage on Physical Fitness in Youth Male Team Sports Players After Plyometric Training: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Plant-Based Proteins on Recovery from Resistance Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage in Healthy Young Adults-A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Do physical fitness and motor skill performances in underweight children differ from normal weight peers? A meta-analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Children's Sprint and Jump Performance after Plyometric-Jump Training: A Systematic Review.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Muscle morphological adaptations to resistance training and sports participation in children and adolescents: a scoping review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Pooled it
- Building for the Future: A Systematic Review of the Effects of Eccentric Resistance Training on Measures of Physical Performance in Youth Athletes.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
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- A Resistance Training Program on Patients with Liver Cirrhosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Trial
- Countermovement jump and reactive strength index of artistic gymnasts improve more with cluster-based plyometric training than with traditional methods.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Longitudinal changes in hamstring muscle morphology in adolescent competitive alpine skiers are sex-specific: a 4-year cohort study.Annals of medicine · 2026Article
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- Neuromuscular Activation Strategies of the Lower Limb During Maximal Sprinting in Youth Track and Field Athletes: Age-Related Differences and Implications for Talent Identification.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Training Sequence Matters: Neuromuscular Training Followed by Small-Sided Games Enhances Physical Fitness and Soccer-Specific Performance in Prepubertal Soccer Players.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Influence of Maturity Status and Gender on Body Composition and Physical Fitness Adaptations to a Mobile-App-Based Physical Activity Intervention in Adolescents.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- On-Ice and Off-Ice Linear Sprint Performance Across Competitive Levels in Ice Hockey Players: Insights from Continuous Velocity Profiling.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- High-Intensity Functional Concurrent Training for Physical Fitness, Body Composition, and Psychological Outcomes in Schoolchildren: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Muscle strength and power in young volleyball players: reference values and age group differences.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the growth, maturation and resistance training-related changes in muscle-tendon and neuromuscular mechanisms in youth, and the subsequent effect on performance. Sprinting, jumping, kicking, and throwing are common movements in sport that have been shown to develop naturally with age, with improvements in performance being attributed to growth and maturity-related changes in neuromuscular mechanisms. These changes include moderate to very large increases in muscle physiological cross-sectional area (CSA), muscle volume and thickness, tendon CSA and stiffness, fascicle length, muscle activation, pre-activation, stretch reflex control accompanied by large reductions in electro-mechanical delay and co-contraction. Furthermore, a limited number of training studies examining neuromuscular changes following four to 20 weeks of resistance training have reported trivial to moderate differences in tendon stiffness, muscle CSA, muscle thickness, and motor unit activation accompanied by reductions in electromechanical delay (EMD) in pre-pubertal children. However, the interaction of maturity- and training-related neuromuscular adaptions remains unclear. An understanding of how different neuromuscular mechanisms adapt in response to growth, maturation and training is important in order to optimise training responsiveness in youth populations. Additionally, the impact that these muscle-tendon and neuromuscular changes have on force producing capabilities underpinning performance is unclear.
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