Fitness experts weigh in on the differences between concentric vs. eccentric exercise, and why both are important.

To protect the wrist against excessive load, the eccentric strengthening exercises of prono-supinator and flexor-extensor muscles of elbow and wrist were undertaken gradually, at increasing speeds ...

As you bend your elbow and you raise the weight towards ... Then there's the other part of the exercise, the eccentric phase. That's when you’re lowering the weight back to the floor in a ...

Patients over 18 years old who were experiencing lateral elbow pain were examined and ... When patients were able to perform the eccentric exercises without experiencing any minor pain or discomfort, ...

But take a look at your body under a microscope, and you’ll see that your working muscles are actually contracting in completely different ways depending on the phase of the exercise you’re in ...