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The effect of isometric exercise upon the strength of antagonistic muscles

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    Training of the elbow flexors by maximal isometric exercise produced a significant increase in the strength of their antagonists.

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    There was no difference in the amount of strength increase at any of the three measured points in the arc of movement.

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  1. Biokinetics Research Center, College of Osteopathie Physicians and Surgeons, and Department of Physical Education, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

    Philip J. Rasch, William R. Pierson & Gene A. Logan

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This research was supported by Grant T-1616 from the American Osteopathic Association.

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Rasch, P.J., Pierson, W.R. & Logan, G.A. The effect of isometric exercise upon the strength of antagonistic muscles. Int. Z. Angew. Physiol. Einschl. Arbeitsphysiol. 19, 18–22 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00693624

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