“Concentric movement refers to the phase of muscle contraction where the muscle shortens while generating force,” says Rowan ...

Isotonic concentric contraction – this involves the muscle shortening. The origin and insertion of the muscle move closer together and the muscle becomes fatter. Isotonic eccentric contraction ...

While you can always work your triceps with a set of ... Padulo, J. (2013). Concentric and eccentric: muscle contraction or exercise? Sports Health. doi: 10.1177/1941738113491386.

When muscle cells are viewed under the microscope, one can see that they contain a striped pattern (striations). This pattern is formed by a series of basic units called sarcomeres that are ...

If you’re worried that you’re too sedentary or too short on time to exercise, scientists have good news for you. Researchers ...

Objectives The goals were: (1) to describe the concentric and eccentric quadriceps (Q ... to compare bilateral strength asymmetry in Q and H muscles in two different contraction modes. Design ...

Objective: To investigate the acute effects of isolated eccentric and concentric calf muscle exercise on Achilles tendon sagittal thickness. Design: Within-subject, counterbalanced, mixed design.