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Effects of whole-body ELECTROMYOSTIMULATION on health and performance: a systematic review

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2019
Background Whole-body electrical myostimulation (WB-EMS) is a relatively recent training methodology that has been extraordinarily used in recent years.
Alvaro Pano-Rodriguez, Jose Vicente Beltran-Garrido, Vicenç Hernández-González, Joaquim Reverter-Masia   +3 more
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Effects of Whole Body Electromyostimulation on Physical Fitness and Health in Postmenopausal Women: A Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Frontiers in Public Health, 2020
Background: Age-related problems such as chronic diseases, functional limitation and dependence, reduce the quality of life in the elderly, and increase public spending in health. It has been established that physical activity plays a fundamental role in
Alvaro Pano-Rodriguez, Jose Vicente Beltran-Garrido, Vicenç Hernandez-Gonzalez, Joaquim Reverter-Masia   +3 more
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Influence of Isometric Exercise Combined With Electromyostimulation on Inflammatory Cytokine Levels, Muscle Strength, and Knee Joint Function in Elderly Women With Early Knee Osteoarthritis

Frontiers in Physiology, 2021
Background and Objectives: Muscle strengthening exercise is suggested to beneficial for patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and electrical muscular stimulation is reported to be effective in improvement of muscle strength.
Sunhee Park, Sukyung Min, Si-Hwa Park, Jaehyun Yoo, Yong-Seok Jee   +4 more
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Efficacy of belt electrode skeletal muscle electrical stimulation on reducing the rate of muscle volume loss in critically ill patients: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2019
Objectives: Belt electrode skeletal muscle electrical stimulation can induce muscle contraction of the whole lower body. This study examined the efficacy of belt electrode skeletal muscle electrical stimulation on reducing loss of muscle volume in ...
Kensuke Nakamura, Atsushi Kihata, Hiromu Naraba, Naoki Kanda, Yuji Takahashi, Tomohiro Sonoo, Hideki Hashimoto, Naoto Morimura   +7 more
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Electric Eels Wield a Functional Venom Analogue

Toxins, 2021
In this paper, I draw an analogy between the use of electricity by electric eels (Electrophorus electricus) to paralyze prey muscles and the use of venoms that paralyze prey by disrupting the neuromuscular junction.
Kenneth C. Catania
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External physical and biochemical stimulation to enhance skeletal muscle bioengineering [PDF]

, 2015
Cell based muscle tissue engineering carries the potential to revert the functional loss of muscle tissue caused by disease and trauma. Although muscle tissue can be bioengineered using various precursor cells, major limitations still remain.; In the ...
Handschin, Christoph, Eberli, Daniel, Mortezavi, Ashkan, Plock, Jan, Plock, Jan; https://orcid.org/, Eberli, Daniel; https://orcid.org/   +5 more
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The Effects of Resistance Training With and Without Electrical Muscle Stimulation on Body Composition of Obese Women

علوم بهداشتی ایران, 2022
Background and Purpose: Nowadays, total body resistance exercise has been added to instability training and has become popular for improving health and sports performance.
Taher Afsharnezhad, Seyyedeh Yasamin Soumander   +1 more
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A Scoping Review of the Characteristics of Activity-based Therapy Interventions Across the Continuum of Care for People Living With Spinal Cord Injury or Disease

Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation, 2022
Objective: To identify the characteristics of activity-based therapy (ABT) that individuals with spinal cord injury and disease (SCI/D) participate in across the continuum of care.
Anita Kaiser, MSc, Katherine Chan, MSc, Maureen Pakosh, MISt, Shane McCullum, Chris Rice, José Zariffa, PhD, Kristin E. Musselman, PhD   +6 more
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Goal Orientated stroke rehabilitation utilising electrical stimulation, iterative learning and Microsoft Kinect

, 2013
An upper-limb stroke rehabilitation system is developed that assists patients in performing real world functionally relevant reaching tasks. The system provides de-weighting of the arm via a simple spring support whilst functional electrical stimulation ...
Timothy Exell, Hallewell, Emma, Eric Rogers, Katie Meadmore, Hughes, Ann-Marie, Christopher Freeman, Kutlu, Mustafa, Ann-Marie Hughes, Mustafa Kutlu, Freeman, Christopher, Emma Hallewell, Meadmore, Katie, Exell, Timothy, Jane Burridge, Burridge, Jane H., Rogers, Eric   +15 more
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Methods for Improving Quadriceps Femoris Strength after Total Knee Arthroplasty

Reabilitacijos Mokslai: Slauga, Kineziterapija, Ergoterapija, 2019
Research background. The recovery of quadriceps femoris muscle strength after total knee arthroplasty is suboptimal. Quadriceps weakness is associated with decreased gait speed, balance, stair–climbing and chair rise ability, as well as increased risk ...
Toma Petkutė, Eglė Lendraitienė
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