ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2023
Less fatiguability in eccentric than concentric repetitive maximal muscle contractions.
Article in European journal of applied physiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- 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
- Do Flywheel Exercises Provide Eccentric-Overload Training?Sports medicine - open · 2026Article
- Effects of alternative and successive resistance training methods on the muscle fatigue of concentric and eccentric contractions in healthy male individuals.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Comparison of the effects of three different resistance training methods on muscle fatigue in healthy untrained men.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeChanges in elbow flexion torque and biceps brachii electromyogram (EMG) activity over 30 repetitive maximal voluntary concentric-only (CON-only), eccentric-only (ECC-only), and alternative concentric and eccentric (CON-ECC, 30 concentric + 30 eccentric) contractions were examined to compare their muscle fatigue profiles.
methodsFifteen healthy young men performed CON-only, ECC-only and CON-ECC in their maximal effort between 10° and 100° elbow flexion on an isokinetic dynamometer at an angular velocity of 30°/s with a 3-s rest between contractions in a randomised order with ≥ 3 days between conditions. Changes in torque and EMG over the repeated contractions and maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVC-ISO) torque with EMG before the first contraction and immediately after the last contraction were compared among conditions by two-way repeated measures analysis of variance.
resultsThe torque decreased (p < 0.01) from the first to 30th contraction in CON-only (- 49.5 ± 11.0%), ECC-only (- 32.2 ± 7.4%), and concentric (- 62.3 ± 8.7%) as well as eccentric phase (- 58.9 ± 9.3%) in CON-ECC (- 46.0 ± 12.3% overall). The magnitude of the decrease in the torque was greater (p < 0.01) for the CON-only than ECC-only, and the concentric than an eccentric phase in the CON-ECC. However, MVC-ISO torque decreased (p < 0.01) similarly after CON-only (- 42.9 ± 13.8%) and ECC-only (- 40.1 ± 9.2%), which was smaller (p < 0.01) than CON-ECC (- 56.8 ± 9.2%). EMG over contractions decreased (p < 0.01) for all conditions similarly from the first to the last contraction (- 28.5 ± 26.8%), and EMG in MVC-ISO also decreased similarly for all conditions (- 24.7 ± 35.8%).
conclusionThese results suggest greater fatigue resistance in repetitive maximal eccentric than concentric contractions, but the fatigue assessed by MVC-ISO does not show it.
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