Adaptive change in electrically stimulated muscle: A framework for the design of clinical protocols

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 918-935

  Salmons, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive; Fatigue; Plasticity; Stimulation; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STOMA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 71549136160     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21497     Document Type: Review

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