A Comparison of Strength Gain between Concentric and Eccentric Contractions (original) (raw)
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Jeffrey S. Mannheimer, M.A.
1Mr. Mannheimer, who was Senior Assistant Therapist, U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, Staten Island, New York, at the time of this study, is now Assistant Chief Therapist, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, New Jersey 07740.
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Adapted from a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts at New York University.
Adapted from a paper presented to the Physical Therapy Section, U.S. Public Health Service Clinical Society, San Francisco, California, March 1968.
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01 November 1969
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Twenty-six patients with neuropsychiatric disorders were divided into two groups of similar mean-strength values. One group performed only concentric contractions of the triceps brachii muscle; the other group performed only eccentric contractions. Over thirty days of testing and training, both groups showed significant increases in strength between initial and final scores, but no significant increase in strength of one group over the other was observed.
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Adapted from a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts at New York University.
Adapted from a paper presented to the Physical Therapy Section, U.S. Public Health Service Clinical Society, San Francisco, California, March 1968.
© 1969 American Physical Therapy Association, Inc
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