Improvement in knee extension strength through training by means of combined electrical stimulation and voluntary muscle contraction

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-40

  Iwasaki, Toshihiro ^a   Shiba, Naoto ^a,d   Matsuse, Hiroo ^a   Nago, Takeshi ^a   Umezu, Yuichi ^a   Tagawa, Yoshihiko ^b   Nagata, Kensei ^a   Basford, Jeffrey R ^c  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Exercise; Knee extension; Rehabilitation; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TORQUE; VELOCITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TORQUE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 33646166130     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.209.33     Document Type: Article

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