Comparison between alternating and pulsed current electrical muscle stimulation for muscle and systemic acute responses

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 735-744

  Aldayel, Abdulaziz ^a,b   Jubeau, Marc ^c,d   McGuigan, Michael ^a,e,f   Nosaka, Kazunori ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^e Auckland University of Technology High Performance Sport New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^f AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Blood lactate; Cortisol; Creatine kinase; Growth hormone; IGF 1; Maximal voluntary isometric contraction; Muscle soreness; Neuromuscular electrical stimulation; Russian current; Skin temperature; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HORMONE; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TIME; TORQUE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HORMONES; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957141088     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00189.2010     Document Type: Article

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