ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2014
Metabolic and cardiovascular responses during voluntary pedaling exercise with electrical muscle stimulation.
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- The combination of low-intensity resistance exercise and electrical muscle stimulation effectively enhances executive function in men.Clinical physiology and functional imaging · 2026Trial
- Chronic effects of superimposed electromyostimulation during cycling on aerobic and anaerobic capacity.European journal of applied physiology · 2017Trial
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- Effects of Electrical Muscle Stimulation on Waist Circumstance in Adults with Adbominal Obesity: A Randomized, Double-blind, Sham-Controlled Trial.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical AssociationTrial
- Padua Days on Muscle and Mobility Medicine, March 25-29, 2025, Hotel Petrarca, Euganean Thermae, Italy: Program and Abstracts.European journal of translational myology · 2025Article
- Combined effects of electrical muscle stimulation and cycling exercise on cognitive performance.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
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- Running with whole-body electromyostimulation improves physiological determinants of endurance performance - a randomized control trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Effect of Cycling Exercise Resisting Electrically Stimulated Antagonist Muscle Contractions in Healthy Males.Metabolites · 2023Article
- Constant Load Pedaling Exercise Combined with Electrical Muscle Stimulation Leads to an Early Increase in Sweat Lactate Levels.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Acute Effect of Electromyostimulation Superimposed on Running on Maximal Velocity, Metabolism, and Perceived Exertion.Biology · 2022Article
- Effect of Electrical Muscle Stimulation on Vascular Endothelial Function during Prolonged Sitting.Physical therapy research · 2022Article
- Association between Oxygen Consumption and Surface Electromyographic Amplitude and Its Variation within Individual Calf Muscles during Walking at Various Speeds.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Effect of exercise intensity on metabolic responses on combined application of electrical stimulation and voluntary exercise.Physiological reports · 2021Article
- Development of the Protocol to Deliver Graded Stimulation Intensity on Lower Limbs Using Belt-shaped Electrode Skeletal Muscle Stimulation.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2021Article
- Molecular and neural adaptations to neuromuscular electrical stimulation; Implications for ageing muscle.Mechanisms of ageing and development · 2021Review
- Effect of seat tube angle and crank arm length on metabolic and neuromuscular responses and lower extremity joint kinematics during pedaling with a relatively lower seat height.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Article
- Effect of the Combination of Whole-Body Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation and Voluntary Exercise on Metabolic Responses in Human.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Article
- Training Based on Electrical Stimulation Superimposed Onto Voluntary Contraction Would be Relevant Only as Part of Submaximal Contractions in Healthy Subjects.Frontiers in physiology · 2018Article
- Effect of electrode position of low intensity neuromuscular electrical stimulation on the evoked force in the quadriceps femoris muscle.BMC research notes · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeWe aimed to test the effect of additional electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) during moderate-intensity voluntary pedaling exercise on metabolic and cardiovascular responses.
methodsEleven healthy male subjects performed moderate-intensity pedaling exercise at a constant workload (80% of ventilatory threshold) for 20 min while EMS was applied to thigh muscles from 5 to 10 min and from 15 to 20 min during the exercise.
resultsA significantly higher oxygen uptake (VO₂), heart rate, and respiratory gas exchange ratio were observed during the exercise periods with EMS despite the constant workload. These changes were accompanied by an elevated blood lactate concentration, suggesting the existence of additional fast-twitch motor unit (MU) recruitment during the exercise with EMS.
conclusionOur data suggest that the use of intermittent EMS during a constant load exercise mimics the high-intensity interval training, possibly due to additional fast-twitch MU recruitment and co-contractions of the quadriceps and hamstrings muscles, leading to higher anaerobic metabolism and a lower mechanical efficiency.
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