Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2006
Neural and muscular changes to detraining after electrostimulation training.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Therapeutic Potential of Electromyostimulation (EMS) in Critically Ill Patients-A Systematic Review.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Pooled it
- Can the cross-education of strength attenuate the impact of detraining after a period of strength training? A quasi-randomized trial.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Trial
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- A Novel Noninvasive Method for Measuring Fatigability of the Quadriceps Muscle in Noncooperating Healthy Subjects.BioMed research international · 2015Trial
- Transvaginal electrical stimulation with surface-EMG biofeedback in managing stress urinary incontinence in women of premenopausal age: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial.International urogynecology journal · 2013Trial
- Effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on voluntary muscle activation and peripheral muscle contractility following short-term bed rest.Experimental physiology · 2025Article
- Corticospinal drive modulation to agonist and antagonist arm muscles following strength training and detraining.Experimental brain research · 2025Article
- Enhancing Physical and Cognitive Efficiency in Elderly Individuals at Risk for Dementia Using Whole-Body Electrostimulation: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Article
- Safety and efficacy of electrical stimulation for lower-extremity muscle weakness in intensive care unit 2019 Novel Coronavirus patients: A phase I double-blinded randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- A Single Session of Whole-Body Electromyostimulation Increases Muscle Strength, Endurance and proNGF in Early Parkinson Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Detraining and Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Discontinuation Change Calcaneal Tendon Morphology.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2018Article
- Computational model to investigate the relative contributions of different neuromuscular properties of tibialis anterior on force generated during ankle dorsiflexion.Medical & biological engineering & computing · 2018Article
- Effects of training intensity in electromyostimulation on human skeletal muscle.European journal of applied physiology · 2018Article
- Effects of detraining on motor unit potential area, muscle function and physical performance based on CNTF gene polymorphism.Journal of exercise nutrition & biochemistry · 2014Article
- Sudden detraining deteriorates swimming training-induced enhancement of short-term and spatial learning memories in mice.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2013Article
- Is high-frequency neuromuscular electrical stimulation a suitable tool for muscle performance improvement in both healthy humans and athletes?European journal of applied physiology · 2011Review
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Abstract
We investigated the effects of 4 weeks of detraining subsequent to an 8-week electrostimulation (ES) training program on changes in muscle strength, neural and muscular properties of the knee extensor muscles. Nine male subjects followed the training program consisting of 32 sessions of isometric ES training over an 8-week period. All subjects were tested before and after 8 weeks of ES training, and were then retested after 4 weeks of detraining. Quadriceps muscle anatomical cross-sectional area (ACSA) was assessed by ultrasonography imaging. The electromyographic (EMG) activity and muscle activation (i.e., by means of the twitch interpolation technique) obtained during maximal voluntary contractions (MVC) were used to examine neural adaptations. After training, the knee extensor voluntary torque increased significantly by 26%. Torque gains were accompanied by an increase in vastii EMG activity normalized to respective M-wave (+43%), muscle activation (+6%) and quadriceps ACSA (+6%). After detraining, knee extensor MVC, vastii EMG activity, muscle activation and quadriceps ACSA decreased significantly by 9%, 20%, 5% and 3%, respectively. Also, the knee extensor MVC values remained significantly elevated (14%) above baseline levels at the end of the detraining period and this was associated with a larger quadriceps ACSA (+3%) but not with a higher neural activation. We concluded that the voluntary torque losses observed after detraining could be attributed to both neural and muscular alterations. Muscle size preservation could explain the higher knee extensor MVC values observed after the cessation of training compared to those obtained before training, therefore indicating that muscle size changes are slower than neural drive reduction.
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