Damage to Skeletal Muscle from Eccentric Exercise

Evidence is provided for a mechanical event as the first step in the process leading to muscle damage after a series of eccentric contractions. Aspects discussed include the decline in active tension, increase in passive tension, shift in length–tension relation, soreness, swelling, and disturbed proprioception.

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