Muscle Eccentric Contractions Increase in Downhill and High-Grade Uphill Walking

Hu X, Pickle NT, Grabowski AM, Silverman AK, Blemker SS. Muscle Eccentric Contractions Increase in Downhill and High-Grade Uphill Walking. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020;8:573666   Abstract In Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), one of the most severe and frequent genetic diseases in humans, dystrophic muscles are prone to damage caused by mechanical stresses during eccentric contractions. […]