Increasing muscle strength and mass of thigh in elderly people with the hybrid-training method of electrical stimulation and volitional contraction

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-85

  Takano, Yoshio ^a,b   Haneda, Yoshihiro ^b   Maeda, Takashi ^a   Sakai, Yutaka ^b   Matsuse, Hiroo ^c   Kawaguchi, Takumi ^d   Tagawa, Yoshihiko ^e   Shiba, Naoto ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Electrical stimulation; Muscle cross sectional area; Muscle strength; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SAFETY; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; THIGH; TORQUE;

EID: 77951720553     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.221.77     Document Type: Article

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