Insights into the combination of neuromuscular electrical stimulation and motor imagery in a training-based approach.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Training stimuli that partially activate the neuromuscular system, such as motor imagery (MI) or neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES), have been previously shown as efficient tools to induce strength gains. Here the efficacy of MI, NMES or NMES + MI trainings has been compared.

Methods

Thirty-seven participants were enrolled in a training program of ten sessions in 2 weeks targeting plantar flexor muscles, distributed in four groups: MI, NMES, NMES + MI and control. Each group underwent forty contractions in each session, NMES + MI group doing 20 contractions of each modality. Before and after, the neuromuscular function was tested through the recording of maximal voluntary contraction (MVC), but also electrophysiological and mechanical responses associat

SUBMITTER: Bouguetoch A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7892697 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature