Date of Award
2001
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science Honours
Faculty
Faculty of Communications, Health and Science
First Supervisor
Dr Paul Sacco
Second Supervisor
Kazunori Nosaka
Abstract
Eccentric exercise, which is when the muscle produces force as it lengthens, has been shown to result in decrements to muscle functions. This study was designed to investigate whether there was a difference between the muscle responses of untrained (n = 8) and resistance-trained (n = 8) individuals after a bout of high-intensity eccentric exercise of the elbow flexors. All subjects were males aged 18 to 45 years and recruited based on specific training criteria. Subjects performed l0 sets of 6 maximal eccentric contractions of the elbow flexor muscles on an isokinetic dynamometer. 10 seconds rest was provided between each repetition and 3 minutes rest between each set of the exercise protocol. The exercise bout resulted in significant (p
Recommended Citation
Morgan, G. T. (2001). Muscle Responses to High-Intensity Eccentric Exercise : A Comparison Between Untrained and Highly Resistance-Trained Subjects. Edith Cowan University. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses_hons/900