Sentences with phrase «important eccentric contraction»

The combination of these angles leads to a contraction of the hamstrings at moderate - to - long muscle lengths, although obviously the important eccentric contraction of the hamstrings that occurs in the swing phase is at fairly long muscle lengths (Nagano et al. 2014)

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However, it is important to recognize that when studying lengthening (eccentric) contractions, we observe that the force - velocity relationship is the opposite way around, as can be seen in the chart below.

It therefore showed that the aspects of an exercise that determine transfer to sport are not limited to the movement pattern, but include other factors such as the muscle group being trained (the hamstrings are key to sprinting ability), and the mode of the contraction (eccentric muscle actions are very important during sprinting).