Four weeks of augmented eccentric loading using a novel leg press device improved leg strength in well-trained athletes and professional sprint track cyclists

• Mellissa Harden,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom, Directorate of Psychology and Sport, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

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• Alex Wolf,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation English Institute of Sport, Manchester, United Kingdom

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• Martin Evans,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Football Association, Burton on Trent, United Kingdom

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• Kirsty Marie Hicks,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

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• Kevin Thomas,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2973-5337

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• Glyn Howatson

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: glyn.howatson@northumbria.ac.uk

  Affiliations Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom, Water Research Group, North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8494-2043

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