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  1. Isometric exercise (image) 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19392.htm
    Isometric exercise works muscles and strengthens bone. Increased muscle mass elevates metabolism, which in turn burns fat. Strength training is also called anaerobic exercise, as opposed to aerobic, because increased oxygen production is not required.
  2. Glycogen Storage Disease Type V - GeneReviews® - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1344
    ... activity involving high mechanical loads such as prolonged isometric contraction. ... training program (i.e., weight lifting with qualified instruction ...
  3. Recent and Ongoing Studies - Physical Therapy for Knee Pain Secondary to Osteoarthritis: Future Research Needs - NCBI ... 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK153195
    ... care of knee OA NCT00000406 Effects of Strength Training on Knee Osteoarthritis Procedure: Progressive resistance exercise NCT00007241 Muscle Strengthening Device for Knee Osteoarthritis Device: Isometric exercise NCT00049816 Aerobic Exercise Intervention for Knee Osteoarthritis ...
  4. List of Excluded Studies - Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update Review - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK447538
    ... arhtritis recovering quality of life by means of education). Osteoarthritis and ... pain, and muscle thickness in patients with knee osteoarthritis. J Phys ...
  5. Results - Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation for Major Joint Replacement - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK575296
    ... 0.06 to 0.34), as well as isometric (MD 0.1, 95% CI 0.001 to 0.2) and ... comparable muscle strength between prehabilitation and control groups at 3 ...
  6. Excluded studies - Stroke Rehabilitation - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK327898
    ... Woldag H; Renner C; Hummelsheim H; Isotonic and isometric contractions exert the ... improve muscle function and other outcomes without reinforcing abnormal movement ...
  7. pdf2017MeshTreesWithChangesShown.pdf 
    https://www.nlm.nih.gov/.../2017MeshTreesWithChangesShown.pdf
    ... Conditioning, Animal Physical Conditioning, Human Plyometric Exercise Resistance ... Isotonic Contraction Muscle Relaxation Diastole Myocardial Contraction ...
  8. Results - Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review Update - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK556231
    ... no high-velocity/low-amplitude thrusts were applied. Muscle re-education ... both isometric and dynamic exercises targeting the neck and shoulders. ...
  9. NLM Digital Collections - Contraction 
    Publication: New York, Hoeber [c1916]
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/36510740R
    ... is obtained in form of external work. By training this percentage may be increased. The absolute power of a muscle is the maximum tension which it can exert without altering its length, in other words when it is in isometric contraction. This may be measured by magnifying the ...
  10. NLM Digital Collections - Diseases of middle life: the prevention, recognition and treatment of the morbid processes of ... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Company, 1923
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/50220780RX1
    ... its length during work. 3. In static or isometric contractions the muscle ... posture means the training of the posterior cervical group of muscles to ...
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