Open AccessAcute adaptation to low volume eccentric exercise
Author(s) -
Douglas PaddonJones,
Peter J. Abernethy
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1097/00005768-200107000-00021
Subject(s) - eccentric , concentric , isometric exercise , delayed onset muscle soreness , medicine , elbow , eccentric exercise , eccentric training , creatine kinase , muscle damage , physical medicine and rehabilitation , cardiology , anatomy , mathematics , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics
Many symptoms of eccentric muscle damage can be substantially reduced if a similar eccentric bout is repeated within several weeks of the initial bout. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a nondamaging, low repetition, low volume eccentric exercise bout could also provide a protective/adaptive effect.