Prolonged electrical muscle stimulation exercise improves strength and aerobic capacity in healthy sedentary adults

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2307-2311

  Banerjee, Prithwish ^a   Caulfield, Brian ^b   Crowe, Louis ^c   Clark, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Biomedical Research Ltd   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 28044433181     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00891.2004     Document Type: Article

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