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. 2013 Jul 5:37:5-6.
doi: 10.2478/hukin-2013-0019. eCollection 2013.

Concentric and eccentric: muscle contraction or exercise?

Johnny Padulo  1 , Guillaume Laffaye, Luca Paolo Ardigò, Karim Chamari
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Concentric and eccentric: muscle contraction or exercise?

Johnny Padulo et al. J Hum Kinet. .
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