Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2010
Less indication of muscle damage in the second than initial electrical muscle stimulation bout consisting of isometric contractions of the knee extensors.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effect of tendon vibration during wide-pulse neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) on the decline and recovery of muscle force.BMC neurology · 2017Trial
- Acute metabolic, hormonal, and psychological responses to strength training with superimposed EMS at the beginning and the end of a 6 week training period.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2015Trial
- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation producing low evoked force elicits the repeated bout effect on muscle damage markers of the elbow flexors.Sports medicine and health science · 2025Article
- Sex hormone-mediated change on muscle activation deactivation dynamics in young eumenorrheic women.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Muscle alterations induced by electrostimulation are lower at short quadriceps femoris length.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Article
- The effect of low level laser irradiation on oxidative stress, muscle damage and function following neuromuscular electrical stimulation. A double blind, randomised, crossover trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2019Article
- (Whole-Body) Electromyostimulation, Muscle Damage, and Immune System: A Mini Review.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Review
- Time course of central and peripheral alterations after isometric neuromuscular electrical stimulation-induced muscle damage.PloS one · 2014Article
- Comparison in muscle damage between maximal voluntary and electrically evoked isometric contractions of the elbow flexors.European journal of applied physiology · 2012Article
- Alteration of muscle function after electrical stimulation bout of knee extensors and flexors.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2012Article
- 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
- Muscle damage induced by electrical stimulation.European journal of applied physiology · 2011Review
- Sequenced response of extracellular matrix deadhesion and fibrotic regulators after muscle damage is involved in protection against future injury in human skeletal muscle.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2011Article
- Can the Use of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Be Improved to Optimize Quadriceps Strengthening?Sports healthReview
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Abstract
This study compared the first and second exercise bouts consisting of electrically evoked isometric contractions for muscle damage profile. Nine healthy men (31 +/- 4 years) had two electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) bouts separated by 2 weeks. The knee extensors of one leg were stimulated by biphasic rectangular pulses (75 Hz, 400 mus, on-off ratio 5-15 s) at the knee joint angle of 100 degrees (0 degrees , full extension) to induce 40 isometric contractions, while the current amplitude was increased to maintain maximal force generation. Maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVC) torque of the knee extensors at 100 degrees , muscle soreness, pressure pain threshold and plasma creatine kinase (CK) activity were used as indirect markers of muscle damage, and measured before and 1, 24, 48, 72 and 96 h after EMS bout, and the changes over time were compared between bouts. The torque produced during exercise was approximately 30% of MVC, and no significant difference between bouts was evident for the changes in peak and average torque over 40 contractions. MVC decreased significantly (P < 0.05) by 26% immediately and 1 h after both bouts, but the recovery was significantly (P < 0.05) faster after the second bout (100% at 96 h) compared with the first bout (81% at 96 h). Development of muscle soreness and tenderness, and increases in plasma CK activity were significantly (P < 0.05) smaller after the second than the first bout. These results show that changes in muscle damage markers were attenuated in the second EMS bout compared with the initial EMS bout.
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