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Training one arm can improve strength and decrease muscle loss in the other arm – News-Medical.Net

New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has revealed that training one arm can improve strength and decrease muscle loss in the other arm – without even…

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Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 23 2020
New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has revealed that training one arm can improve strength and decrease muscle loss in the other arm – without even moving it.
The findings could help to address the muscle wastage and loss of strength often experienced in an immobilized arm, such as after an injury, by using eccentric exercise on the opposing arm.
In eccentric exercises, the contracting muscle is lengthening, such as when lowering a dumbbell…

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