<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bogdanis, Gregory C</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tsoukos, Athanasios</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Methenitis, Spyridon K</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Selima, Elisavet</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Veligekas, Panagiotis</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Terzis, Gerasimos</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Effects of low volume isometric leg press complex training at two knee angles on force-angle relationship and rate of force development.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eur J Sport Sci</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eur J Sport Sci</style></alt-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018 Aug 17</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-9</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This study compared knee angle-specific neuromuscular adaptations after two low-volume isometric leg press complex training programmes performed at different muscle lengths. Fifteen young males were divided into two groups and trained three times per week for 6 weeks. One group (n = 8) performed 5-7 sets of 3 s maximum isometric leg press exercise, with 4 min recovery, with knee angle at 85° ± 2° (longer muscle-tendon unit length; L-MTU). The other group (n = 7) performed the same isometric training at a knee angle of 145° ± 2° (180°= full extension; shorter muscle-tendon unit length; S-MTU). During the recovery after each set of isometric exercise, participants performed two CMJ every minute, as a form of complex training. Maximum isometric force (MIF) and rate of force development (RFD) were measured over a wide range of knee angles. Countermovement jump (CMJ) performance and maximum half-squat strength (1RM) were also assessed. Training at S-MTU induced a large increase of MIF (22-58%, p &lt; 0.02) and RFD (18-43%, p &lt; 0.05 to 0.001) at knee angles close to the training angle and resulted in a 14° ± 9° shift of the force vs. knee joint angle relationship towards extended knee joint angles (p = 0.001). In contrast, training at L-MTU, resulted in a moderate and similar (≈12.3%, p = 0.028) improvement of force at all knee angles. CMJ performance and 1RM were equally increased in both groups after training by 10.4% ± 8.3% and 7.8% ± 4.7% (p &lt; 0.001), respectively. Low-volume maximal isometric leg-press complex training at S-MTU causes angle-specific adaptations in isometric strength and RFD, while dynamic muscle performance is independent of muscle length during training.</style></abstract><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30114973?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>