Figure 6. Voluntary activation of elbow flexors across the angular range before and after eccentric exercise.

Voluntary activation during MVCs before exercise (•) was high across the angular range (see Fig. 5). However, after exercise voluntary activation was impaired (P < 0.001), especially at short muscle lengths (60 deg and 70 deg) at 2 h (□) and at day 1 (▪), and only at 60 deg at day 8 (○). Data are shown as the mean ±s.e.m. (n = 8). Asterisks indicate a significant change from pre-exercise values at specific angles.