Venicius de Paula Silva

Physical Activity Sciences Laboratory, School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

*Corresponding Author: Venicius de Paula Silva, Physical Activity Sciences Laboratory University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Received: November 23, 2022; Published: December 13, 2022

Abstract

Cross-education is defined as the increase in the muscle force generation capacity of the untrained contralateral limb after unilateral strength training.

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Citation

Citation: Venicius de Paula Silva. “Cross-Education: Evidence and Perspectives on Rehabilitation”.Acta Scientific Orthopaedics 6.1 (2023): 115-116.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2023 Venicius de Paula Silva. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.