ArticleScientific reports2024
Centrally mediated responses to NMES are influenced by muscle group and stimulation parameters.
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- The Role of Functional Electrical Stimulation in Stroke Rehabilitation: A Preliminary Study.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2025Trial
- Muscle cramp susceptibility is associated with muscle-specific modulation of human motoneuron discharge patterns.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
- The effectiveness of NMES-integrated therapy in scapholunate ligament injuries - a randomized controlled trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
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Abstract
Wide-pulse high-frequency neuromuscular electrical stimulation (WPHF NMES) can generate a progressive increase in tetanic force through reflexive recruitment of motor units, called extra force. This phenomenon has previously been observed on different muscle groups, but little is known on potential inter-muscle differences. We compared extra force and sustained electromyographic (EMG) activity induced by NMES between plantar flexors, knee extensors, elbow flexors and within muscle groups using pulse durations of 0.2, 1 and 2 ms and stimulation frequencies of 20, 50, 100 and 147 Hz. Extra force production and sustained EMG activity were higher for plantar flexors compared to elbow flexors at all tested parameters (except 0.2 ms for extra force). When compared to elbow flexors, extra force of the knee extensors was only higher at 100 Hz and with 1 ms while sustained EMG activity was higher at all frequencies with pulse durations of 0.2 and 2 ms. Peripheral nerve architecture as well as muscle typology and function could influence the occurrence and magnitude of centrally-mediated responses to NMES. The present findings suggest that the use of wide-pulse high-frequency NMES to promote reflexive recruitment seems to be more pertinent for lower limb muscles, plantar flexors in particular.
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