Is enhanced-eccentric resistance training superior to traditional training for increasing elbow flexor strength?

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 62-69

  Barstow, Ian K ^a,c   Bishop, Mark D ^a,d   Kaminski, Thomas W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentric; Isokinetic; Negative training; One repetition maximum; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349098681     PISSN: 13032968     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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