Whether you change your shoulder angle or not during bicep curls, your muscles recover at the same speed over the next three days.

Scientific Claim

Resistance-trained individuals maintain similar muscle thickness and echo-intensity recovery profiles across 72 hours post-exercise regardless of whether glenohumeral joint angles are varied during biceps curls.

Original Statement

“The muscle swelling returned to baseline 24 h post similarly across conditions... The EI returned to baseline 24 h post similarly across conditions.”

From study:The Effects of Varying Glenohumeral Joint Angle on Acute Volume Load, Muscle Activation, Swelling, and Echo-Intensity on the Biceps Brachii in Resistance-Trained Individuals

Evidence Quality Assessment

Claim Status

appropriately stated

Study Design Support

Design supports claim

Appropriate Language Strength

definitive

Can make definitive causal claims

Assessment Explanation

The crossover RCT design with repeated measurements over 72 hours provides sufficient power to conclude no difference in recovery kinetics.

Evidence from Studies

Supporting (1)

The Effects of Varying Glenohumeral Joint Angle on Acute Volume Load, Muscle Activation, Swelling, and Echo-Intensity on the Biceps Brachii in Resistance-Trained Individuals

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2019 Sep 4

Contradicting (0)

No contradicting evidence found

Source Study

The Effects of Varying Glenohumeral Joint Angle on Acute Volume Load, Muscle Activation, Swelling, and Echo-Intensity on the Biceps Brachii in Resistance-Trained Individuals

Score: 51

DOI: 10.3390/sports7090204

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