The idea of eccentric movement generally speaks to movement from or off a circular path. Picture a round shaft that rotates. Now picture a circular or disc-shaped piece rigidly attached to the end of the shaft and rotating with it. Now pict...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_eccentric_movement
Exercise question: Where is the eccentric movement in the bicep curl? A concentric movement would be flexing the elbow and curling a dumbbell towards the ...
wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_is_the_eccentric_movement_in_t... wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_is_the_eccentric_movement_in_the_bicep_curl
Muscle contraction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muscle fiber generates tension through the action of actin and myosin cross-bridge cycling. While under tension, the muscle may lengthen, shorten or remain the same. Though the term 'contraction' impl...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_contraction
Figure 1: A demonstration of the difference in force responses for between lengthening and non-lengthening active contractions (isometric vs. eccentric), and between active lengthening (eccentric) vs. non-active lengthening (passive stretch).
muscle.ucsd.edu/musintro/contractions.shtml
Tate Engineering Systems sells Eccentric Movement, Sliding Vane, and Peristaltic (Hose) Pumps. ... These pumps consist of a cylinder and a pumping element mounted on an eccentric shaft. As the eccentric shaft is rotated, the pumping element forms chambers with the cylinder, which increase in size at the intake port,
www.tate.com/pumps/blackmer_pumps.htm
Robyn Hitchcock is still inspiring the likes of REM. - ... Calling Robyn Hitchcock eccentric would be like calling Mark Latham grumpy. A brief discussion about the temperature of a spring night in Sydney has him asking, "So, you're all out having naked barbecues?"
www.smh.com.au/news/music/rapid-eccentric-movement/2006... www.smh.com.au/news/music/rapid-eccentric-movement/2006/10/11/1160246198585.html
Downhill running actually magnifies this eccentric, 'pulling-apart' stress on the quads, because the leg 'falls' a little farther than normal with each stride. Thus the acceleration of the leg is greater at impact (footstrike), and the forces which produce knee flexion are consequently greater.
www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0009.htm
Renzi R; Maurenzig PR ... This website also contains material copyrighted by 3rd parties.
www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/5609879
After the rest, the weight and subject's arm were moved back to the beginning position by the experimenter and the subject began the isometric contraction (~5 s) that preceded each concentric or eccentric movement.
jn.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/86/4/1764
Eccentric contraction involves the development of tension whilst the muscle is being lengthened e.g. the downward movement of a dumbbell in a biceps curl or when you land on two feet from a jump and bend your knees the quadriceps are lengthening.
www.brianmac.co.uk/mustrain.htm