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ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2019

Neuromuscular adaptations to wide-pulse high-frequency neuromuscular electrical stimulation training.

Daria Neyroud, Melina Gonzalez, Sarah Mueller, Daniel Agostino, Sidney Grosprêtre, Nicola A Maffiuletti, Bengt Kayser, Nicolas Place

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Article in European journal of applied physiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8 authors.

Daria NeyroudInstitute of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. daria.neyroud@me.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5886-802X
Melina GonzalezInstitute of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Sarah MuellerInstitute of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Daniel AgostinoInstitute of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Sidney GrosprêtreEA4660-C3S Laboratory-Culture, Sport, Health and Society, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.
Nicola A MaffiulettiHuman Performance Laboratory, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland.
Bengt KayserInstitute of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Nicolas PlaceInstitute of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeNo studies have evaluated the potential benefits of wide-pulse high-frequency (WPHF) neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) despite it being an interesting alternative to conventional NMES. Hence, this study evaluated neuromuscular adaptations induced by 3 weeks of WPHF NMES.

methodsTen young healthy individuals (training group) completed nine sessions of WPHF NMES training spread over 3 weeks, whereas seven individuals (control group) only performed the first and last sessions. Plantar flexor neuromuscular function (maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) force, voluntary activation level, H reflex, V wave, contractile properties) was evaluated before the first and last training sessions. Each training session consisted of ten 20-s WPHF NMES contractions (pulse duration: 1 ms, stimulation frequency: 100 Hz) interspaced by 40 s of recovery and delivered at an intensity set to initially evoke ~ 5% of MVC force. The averaged mean evoked forces produced during the ten WPHF NMES-evoked contractions of a given session as well as the sum of the ten contractions force time integral (total FTI) were computed.

resultsTotal FTI (+ 118 ± 98%) and averaged mean evoked forces (+ 96 ± 91%) increased following the 3-week intervention (p < 0.05); no changes were observed in the control group. The intervention did not induce any change (p > 0.05) in parameters used to characterize plantar flexor neuromuscular function.

conclusionThree weeks of WPHF NMES increased electrically evoked forces but induced no other changes in plantar flexor neuromuscular properties. Before introducing WPHF NMES clinically, optimal training program characteristics (such as frequency, duration and intensity) remain to be identified.

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalH-ReflexAdultEvoked Potentials, MotorFemaleHumansIsometric ContractionMaleMuscle, SkeletalPhysical Conditioning, HumanTranscutaneous Electric Nerve StimulationContractile propertiesExtra-forceH reflexMaximal voluntary activation levelMaximal voluntary contractionV wave

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