Types of Contraction
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- Created on: 11-04-19 10:38
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- Types of Contraction
- Isometric
- The muscle does not undergo any change in length when it contracts.
- Muscle contracts to maintain the stabibility of the position of a body;a gymnast performing a headstand
- Isotonic
- When a muscle changes length as it undergos contraction.This contraction can be separated into concentric and eccentric.
- Concentric
- The muscle shortens as it undergos contraction.
- Lifting a dumb-bell during a bicep curl
- Eccentric
- The muscle shortens as it undergos contraction
- Lowering a dumb-bell
- Isometric
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