1. Revisiting the positive aspects of negative work.
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Elmer, Steven J. and LaStayo, Paul C.
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MUSCLE contraction , *HUMAN bioenergetics , *MUSCLE motility , *BIOMECHANICS , *DYNAMOMETER - Abstract
The article discusses the classical paper "The physiological cost of negative work" by Bernard Abbott and colleagues which was published in 1952. Topics discussed include the use of an ergometer to compare the cost of performing muscle lengthening contractions and muscle shortening contractions, absorption of mechanical work during the regular stretching of active muscles, and the link between human whole-body energetics and muscle-velocity characteristics.
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- 2014
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