Cross-education and detraining effects of eccentric vs. concentric resistance training of the elbow flexors

• Main Authors: Shigeru Sato (Author), Riku Yoshida (Author), Ryosuke Kiyono (Author), Kaoru Yahata (Author), Koki Yasaka (Author), Kazunori Nosaka (Author), Masatoshi Nakamura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Unilateral resistance training increases the strength of the contralateral non-trained homologous muscles known as the cross-education effect. We tested the hypothesis that unilateral eccentric resistance training (ET) would induce greater and longer-lasting cross-education effec...