Concentric and Eccentric: Muscle Contraction or Exercise?

• Authors: Johnny Padulo , Guillaume Laffaye , Luca Paolo Ardigò , Karim Chamari
• Languages of publication: EN
• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Journal of Human Kinetics
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 37
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 5-6

Dates

published

1 - 06 - 2013

online

05 - 07 - 2013

Contributors

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Johnny Padulo

• SPO Sport Performance Optimization Lab, CNMSS, Tunis (Tunisia)
• Human Performance and Training Lab “Carmelo Bosco” - Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of “Tor Vergata” Via Columbia s.n.c., 00133 Rome, Phone/Fax: +39/06/2042 7573

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Guillaume Laffaye

• UR CIAMS – Motor Control and Perception Group, Sport Sciences Department, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay (France)

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Luca Paolo Ardigò

• School of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Verona (Italy)

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Karim Chamari

• Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha (Qatar)
• SPO Sport Performance Optimization Lab, CNMSS, Tunis (Tunisia)

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/hukin-2013-0019