Eccentric overload training

Intervention2 papers3 findings

Animals1

Outcomes

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Explosive power

upin humans1High certainty

1 study

Eccentric overload training improves explosive power in humans (SMD 0.39, 95% CI [0.07, 0.71]).
Review
Effects of eccentric overload training on lower-limb muscle strength, gait performance, balance, and explosive power in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis · Experimental gerontology · 27 Aug 2026

Lower limb strength

upin humans1High certainty

1 study

Eccentric overload training improves lower limb strength in humans (SMD 0.50, 95% CI [0.12, 0.87]).
Review
Effects of eccentric overload training on lower-limb muscle strength, gait performance, balance, and explosive power in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis · Experimental gerontology · 27 Aug 2026

Serial sarcomeres number

upin rats1+13%Very low certainty

1 study

Eccentric overload training increases serial sarcomeres number in rats (~13%).
Animalsin intact ratssoleus4 weeks
Serial sarcomere adaptation to eccentric overload training is blunted in ovariectomized rats · Physiological reports · 1 Aug 2026

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Experimental GerontologyReview28 Aug

Effects of eccentric overload training on lower-limb muscle strength, gait performance, balance, and explosive power in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Physiological ReportsAnimals24 Aug

Serial sarcomere adaptation to eccentric overload training is blunted in ovariectomized rats