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See: abridgment, abstract, blockade, compendium, curtailment, decline, decrease, decrement, digest, diminution, limitation, outline, synopsis CONTRACTION. An abbreviation; a mode of writing or printing by which some of the letters of a word are omitted. See Abbreviations. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A forced stretch, therefore, was imposed on the same muscles that were used to generate power during conventional cycling using concentric muscle contractions. Pain and fatigue after concentric muscle contractions. Several investigators(2,6,7) concluded that exercises primarily requiring the use of eccentric muscle contractions produce greater muscle soreness than do exercises that require mostly concentric muscle contractions. |
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