Peer-reviewedLicence not statedMedicine & Science in Sports & Exercise14 Sep 2026

‘Pushing’ Versus ‘Holding’ Isometric Muscle Actions: A Scoping And Systematic Review With Meta-analyses

Dustin Jay Oranchuk¹
André R. Nelson²
Danny Lum^3,4
Alex Natera⁵
Frank N. Bittmann⁶
Laura V. Schaefer^7,8,6

8 affiliations

¹Muscle Morphology, Mechanics, and Performance Laboratory, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
²Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
³Sport Science and Sport Medicine, High Performance Sport Institute, Singapore
⁴Sport and Exercise Science, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
⁵Sport Science, New South Wales Institute of Sport, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW, Australia
⁶Regulative Physiology and Prevention, Department of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
⁷Center of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Brandenburg, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
⁸Faculty of Health Sciences, Joint faculty of University of Potsdam, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane and Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg, Brandenburg, Germany

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@article{oranchuk2026pushing,
  title = {{‘Pushing’ Versus ‘Holding’ Isometric Muscle Actions: A Scoping And Systematic Review With Meta-analyses}},
  author = {Dustin Jay Oranchuk and André R. Nelson and Danny Lum and Alex Natera and Frank N. Bittmann and Laura V. Schaefer},
  journal = {Medicine \& Science in Sports \& Exercise},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.1249/01.mss.0001264084.99230.dc},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.04.24316609},
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - ‘Pushing’ Versus ‘Holding’ Isometric Muscle Actions: A Scoping And Systematic Review With Meta-analyses
AU  - Dustin Jay Oranchuk
AU  - André R. Nelson
AU  - Danny Lum
AU  - Alex Natera
AU  - Frank N. Bittmann
AU  - Laura V. Schaefer
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/14
JO  - Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
DO  - 10.1249/01.mss.0001264084.99230.dc
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.04.24316609
SN  - 0195-9131
SN  - 1530-0315
ER  -

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