Effects of a single bout of isometric neuromuscular electrical stimulation on rat gastrocnemius muscle: A combined functional, biochemical and MRI investigation

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 525-532

  Gondin, Julien ^a   Giannesini, Benoît ^a   Vilmen, Christophe ^a   Le Fur, Yann ^a   Cozzone, Patrick J ^a   Bendahan, David ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Animal; Creatine kinase; Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscle injury; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; RAT; RELAXATION TIME;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 79956035158     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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