ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2018
Effects of training intensity in electromyostimulation on human skeletal muscle.
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- Additional Active Movements Are Not Required for Strength Gains in the Untrained during Short-Term Whole-Body Electromyostimulation Training.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Effect of exercise intensity on metabolic responses on combined application of electrical stimulation and voluntary exercise.Physiological reports · 2021Article
- Muscle Electrical Impedance Properties and Activation Alteration After Functional Electrical Stimulation-Assisted Cycling Training for Chronic Stroke Survivors: A Longitudinal Pilot Study.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
- Novel perspective on contractile properties and intensity-dependent verification of force-frequency relationship during neuromuscular electrical stimulation.Physiological reports · 2020Article
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- Blood Flow Restriction Exercise: Considerations of Methodology, Application, and Safety.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Review
- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation in critically ill traumatic brain injury patients attenuates muscle atrophy, neurophysiological disorders, and weakness: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of intensive care · 2019Article
- Effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation training on muscle size in collegiate track and field athletes.PloS one · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeHigh-intensity neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) training can induce muscle hypertrophy at the whole muscle and muscle fiber levels. However, whether low-intensity NMES training has a similar result is unknown. This study aimed to investigate whether low-intensity NMES training could elicit muscle hypertrophy at the whole muscle and muscle fiber levels in the human skeletal muscle.
methodsEight untrained young males were subjected to 18 min of unilateral NMES training for 8 weeks. One leg received NMES at maximal tolerable intensity (HIGH); the other leg received NMES at an intensity half of that in the HIGH condition (LOW). Quadriceps muscle thickness (MT), muscle fiber cross-sectional area (CSA), and knee extension strength were measured before and after the training period.
resultsThe average training intensity throughout the intervention period in the HIGH and LOW conditions were 62.5 ± 4.6% maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) and 32.6 ± 2.6% MVC, respectively. MT, CSA, and muscle strength increased in both exercise conditions (p < 0.05); however, training effects in the LOW condition were lower than those in the HIGH condition (p < 0.05). The average training intensity showed a positive correlation with percent changes in muscle strength (r = 0.797, p = 0.001), MT (r = 0.876, p = 0.001), type I fiber CSA (r = 0.730, p = 0.01), and type II fiber CSA (r = 0.899, p = 0.001).
conclusionsLow-intensity NMES could increase MT, muscle fiber CSA, and muscle strength in healthy human skeletal muscles. However, the magnitude of increase is lower in low-intensity than in high-intensity NMES training.
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