TY - GEN
T1 - Effects of eccentric contraction training with neuromuscular electrical stimulation on muscle strength
AU - Son, J.
AU - Kim, Youngho
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - In this study, a training system for an involuntary eccentric contraction of biceps brachii muscles was designed using a continuous passive movement and a commercial neuromuscular electrical stimulation devices. To investigate the effects of the involuntary eccentric contraction training by neuromuscular electrical stimulation on the enhancement of muscle strength, 7 healthy males participated, who were trained two times per week for 12 weeks. Each exercise session was performed for 30 minutes with no rest intervals. Isometric elbow flexion torque and biceps brachii muscle thickness were chosen as evaluation indices, and were measured at pre-/posttraining. After the 12-week training, the isometric elbow flexion torques significantly increased by approximately 23% compared to the initial performance (p < 0.01). In addition, the biceps brachii muscle thicknesses significantly increased by around 8% at rest and 16% at MVC (p < 0.01). The developed system and the technique show promising results, suggesting that it has the potential to be used to increase the muscle strength in patients with neuromuscular disease and to be implemented in design rehabilitative protocols.
AB - In this study, a training system for an involuntary eccentric contraction of biceps brachii muscles was designed using a continuous passive movement and a commercial neuromuscular electrical stimulation devices. To investigate the effects of the involuntary eccentric contraction training by neuromuscular electrical stimulation on the enhancement of muscle strength, 7 healthy males participated, who were trained two times per week for 12 weeks. Each exercise session was performed for 30 minutes with no rest intervals. Isometric elbow flexion torque and biceps brachii muscle thickness were chosen as evaluation indices, and were measured at pre-/posttraining. After the 12-week training, the isometric elbow flexion torques significantly increased by approximately 23% compared to the initial performance (p < 0.01). In addition, the biceps brachii muscle thicknesses significantly increased by around 8% at rest and 16% at MVC (p < 0.01). The developed system and the technique show promising results, suggesting that it has the potential to be used to increase the muscle strength in patients with neuromuscular disease and to be implemented in design rehabilitative protocols.
KW - Muscle strengthening
KW - Rehabilitation protocol
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-12262-5_66
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-12262-5_66
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84914813066
T3 - IFMBE Proceedings
SP - 239
EP - 240
BT - 1st Global Conference on Biomedical Engineering and 9th Asian-Pacific Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering
A2 - Su, Fong-Chin
A2 - Yeh, Ming-Long
A2 - Wang, Shyh-Hau
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 1st Global Conference on Biomedical Engineering, GCBME 2014 and 9th Asian-Pacific Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering, APCMBE 2014
Y2 - 9 October 2014 through 12 October 2014
ER -