Repetitive eccentric strain at long muscle length evokes the repeated bout effect

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 918-924

  Pettitt, Robert W ^a   Symons, J David ^b   Eisenman, Patricia A ^b   Taylor, Julie E ^c   White, Andrea T ^b  

^a and Mass Communication   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed onset muscle soreness; Eccentric exercise; Optimum angle; Popped sarcomere hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE; TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REST; TORQUE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 28944448523     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-16254.1     Document Type: Article

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