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. 2014 May;17(3):306-11.
doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2013.04.012. Epub 2013 Jun 2.

Effect of concentric and eccentric velocity during heavy-load non-ballistic elbow flexion resistance exercise

John A Sampson  1 , Alison Donohoe  2 , Herbert Groeller  3
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Effect of concentric and eccentric velocity during heavy-load non-ballistic elbow flexion resistance exercise

John A Sampson et al. J Sci Med Sport. 2014 May.

Abstract

Objectives: Mechanical and neuromuscular benefits arise during ballistic stretch-shortening cycle muscle activation, yet resistance training regimens are typically non-ballistic, and in contrast to ballistic movement, require a concentric deceleration phase.

Design: Twelve healthy males performed a unilateral, six repetition maximum non-ballistic elbow flexion-extension task during; (i) rapid shortening (RS), (ii) stretch-shortening cycle (SSC) and (iii) a 2-s eccentric and 2-s concentric control (C).

Methods: A load cell and shaft encoder recorded respectively force and velocity. Surface electromyographic root mean square amplitude (EMGRMS) was recorded in the biceps and triceps brachii, and is reported as the relative (%) difference, normalised to control (C).

Results: The average lengthening and shortening velocity of SSC (0.57 ± 0.03 ms(-1); 0.43 ± 0.02 ms(-1)) was significantly greater than RS (0.22 ± 0.01 ms(-1); 0.35 ± 0.01 ms(-1)), and C (0.17 ± 0.00 ms(-1), 0.20 ± 0.00 ms(-1)). Peak eccentric force was increased (P<0.0001) and in the first 5% of concentric movement during SSC, in the first and last repetitions respectively (194.7 ± 8.4N, 164.1 ± 7.5 N) when compared to RS (163.3 ± 8.9 N, 152.4 ± 7.5 N) and C (155.9 ± 8.5 N, 152.2 ± 8.7 N). Eccentric EMGRMS in the biceps brachii was significantly increased during the first three and final repetitions of SSC (31.9 ± 10.9%, 46.7 ± 12.4, 69.3 ± 13.6%, 92.0 ± 16.4%), and the third and last repetitions of RS (35.9 ± 7.4%, 50.3 ± 10.9%), compared to C (0.00%, 15.8 ± 4.0%, 23.7 ± 4.1%, 39.2 ± 8.6%).

Conclusions: In the current study, eccentric limb velocity potentiated eccentric and concentric force, concentric velocity, and eccentric EMG amplitude during non-ballistic exercise.

Keywords: Electromyography; Force; Resistance exercise; Stretch-shortening cycle; Velocity.

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