Changing demographics make it ever more important to understand the modifiable risk
factors for disability and loss of independence with advancing age. For more than two …

Eccentric contractions, characterized by the lengthening of the muscle-tendon complex,
present several unique features compared with other types of contractions, which may lead …

ABSTRACT A number of studies over the last few decades have established that the control
strategy employed by the nervous system during lengthening (eccentric) differs from those …

This nonexhaustive mini-review reports on the application of eccentric exercise in various
rehabilitation populations. The two defining properties of eccentric muscle contractions—a …

Aging of human skeletal muscles is associated with increased passive stiffness, but it is still
debated whether muscle fibers or extracellular matrix (ECM) are the determinants of such …

Background Jump training (JT) can be used to enhance the ability of skeletal muscle to exert
maximal force in as short a time as possible. Despite its usefulness as a method of …

Robotic exoskeletons are regarded as promising technologies for neurological gait
rehabilitation but have been investigated comparatively little as training aides to facilitate …

Resistance exercise training (RET) is well-known to counteract negative age-related
changes in both muscle and tendon tissue. Traditional RET consists of both concentric …

Natural adult aging is associated with many functional impairments of the human
neuromuscular system. One of the more observable alterations is the loss of contractile …

Despite an age-related loss of voluntary isometric and concentric strength, muscle strength
is well maintained during lengthening muscle actions (ie, eccentric strength) in old age …