TY - JOUR
T1 - When active muscles lengthen
T2 - Properties and consequences of eccentric contractions
AU - Lindstedt, S. L.
AU - LaStayo, P. C.
AU - Reich, T. E.
PY - 2001/12
Y1 - 2001/12
N2 - When the force applied to a muscle exceeds the force produced by the muscle it will lengthen, absorbing mechanical energy. These eccentric contractions, which result in both braking and storing elastic recoil energy in normal locomotion, require very little metabolic energy, yet they are characterized by high force production.
AB - When the force applied to a muscle exceeds the force produced by the muscle it will lengthen, absorbing mechanical energy. These eccentric contractions, which result in both braking and storing elastic recoil energy in normal locomotion, require very little metabolic energy, yet they are characterized by high force production.
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U2 - 10.1152/physiologyonline.2001.16.6.256
DO - 10.1152/physiologyonline.2001.16.6.256
M3 - Article
C2 - 11719600
AN - SCOPUS:0035653531
SN - 0886-1714
VL - 16
SP - 256
EP - 261
JO - News in Physiological Sciences
JF - News in Physiological Sciences
IS - 6
ER -