ReviewEuropean journal of applied physiology2011
Electrical stimulation for testing neuromuscular function: from sport to pathology.
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- Comparison of neuromuscular fatigability amplitude and etiologies between fatigued and non-fatigued cancer patients.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Trial
- Caffeine ingestion increases endurance performance of trained male cyclists when riding against a virtual opponent without altering muscle fatigue.European journal of applied physiology · 2022Trial
- Effect of the Anode Placement on the Antagonist Muscles Recruitment: Implication for the Interpolated Twitch Technique Outcome.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2019Trial
- Effect of the Fatigue Induced by a 110-km Ultramarathon on Tibial Impact Acceleration and Lower Leg Kinematics.PloS one · 2016Trial
- The effect of pH on fatigue during submaximal isometric contractions of the human calf muscle.European journal of applied physiology · 2015Trial
- Effects of extreme-duration heavy load carriage on neuromuscular function and locomotion: a military-based study.PloS one · 2012Trial
- Running in the heat reduces time to task failure, attenuates biomarkers of muscle microtrauma, and exacerbates low-frequency force depression and cardiac vagal withdrawal over 72-h post-exercise.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Neuromuscular Fatigue and Perceived Fatigability in the Hours Following a High-Intensity Endurance Running Depend on the Exercise Protocol.European journal of sport science · 2026Article
- Hitting the Wall in Marathon Running: An Integrative Psychophysiological and Durability-Based Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Review
- Neuromuscular fatigue and loss of torque complexity during severe-intensity exercise: The role of muscle size.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
- The contribution of age and sex hormones to female neuromuscular function across the adult lifespan.The Journal of physiology · 2026Article
- What it means to be 'neuromuscular': toward more appropriate use of the term in applied exercise and sport science research involving healthy participants.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
- The influence of biological sex on the metabolic basis of skeletal muscle fatigue in vivo.The Journal of physiology · 2025Article
- The independent effects of age and sex in performance fatigability profile after a ramp incremental cycling test.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
- Single-session measures of quadriceps neuromuscular function are reliable in healthy females and unaffected by age.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
- Do soleus responses to transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation show similar changes to H-reflex in response to Achilles tendon vibration?European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
The use of electrical stimulation (ES) can contribute to our knowledge of how our neuromuscular system can adapt to physical stress or unloading. Although it has been recently challenged, the standard technique used to explore central modifications is the twitch interpolated method which consists in superimposing single twitches or high-frequency doublets on a maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) and to compare the superimposed response to the potentiated response obtained from the relaxed muscle. Alternative methods consist in (1) superimposing a train of stimuli (central activation ratio), (2) comparing the MVC response to the force evoked by a high-frequency tetanus or (3) examining the change in maximal EMG response during voluntary contractions, if this variable is normalized to the maximal M wave, i.e. EMG response to a single stimulus. ES is less used to examine supraspinal factors but it is useful for investigating changes at the spinal level, either by using H reflexes, F waves or cervicomedullary motor-evoked potentials. Peripheral changes can be examined with ES, usually by stimulating the muscle in the relaxed state. Neuromuscular propagation of action potentials on the sarcolemma (M wave, high-frequency fatigue), excitation-contraction coupling (e.g. low-frequency fatigue) and intrinsic force (high-frequency stimulation at supramaximal intensity) can all be used to non-invasively explore muscular function with ES. As for all indirect methods, there are limitations and these are discussed in this review. Finally, (1) ES as a method to measure respiratory muscle function and (2) the comparison between electrical and magnetic stimulation will also be considered.
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