Table 9. Mechanical work (human studies).
First author, year Mechanical work (SSC condition/pure shortening condition) Contraction modalities (Conclusion of the article)
Fortuna, 2017 9% -26% higher compared to pure shortening contraction Dependent on the shortening velocity and the delay between the stretch and the shortening
Fortuna, 2018 33% -46% higher compared to pure shortening contraction Independent of stretch velocity
Hahn, 2018 11,6% higher compared to pure shortening contraction
Seiberl, 2015 36%-39% higher compared to pure shortening contraction Mechanical work always lower at corresponding pure shortening contraction compared to SSC