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Muscle fiber typology substantially influences time to recover from high-intensity exercise [PDF]
, 2020 Human fast-twitch muscle fi- bers generate high power in a short amount of time but are easily fatigued, whereas slow-twitch fibers are more fatigue resistant.
Bex, Tine +3 more
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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 +3 more
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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 +3 more
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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 +4 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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Swimming Rhythm Generation in The Caudal Hindbrain of The Lamprey [PDF]
, 2018 The spinal cord has been well established as the site of generation of the locomotor rhythm in vertebrates, but studies have suggested that the caudal hindbrain in larval fish and amphibians can also generate locomotor rhythms.
Buchanan, James T.
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A perspective on the control of FES-supported standing [PDF]
, 1998 This special section is about the control of electrical stimulators to restore standing functions to paraplegics. It addresses several important topics regarding the interactions of the intact central nervous systems (CNS) with the artificial control ...
Donaldson, Nick, Veltink, Peter H.
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International Journal of Health Sciences, 2022 Background: Burn is an injury caused by biological, chemical, electrical and physical agents with local and systemic repercussions. It is one of the most significant health problems throughout the world, leading to prolonged hospitalization and hence ...
Mohamed Ali +3 more
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Transcutaneous calf-muscle electro-stimulation : a prospective treatment for diabetic claudicants? [PDF]
, 2016 Background: First-line therapy for claudicants with diabetes include supervised exercise programmes to improve walking distance. However, exercise comes with a number of barriers and may be contraindicated in certain conditions. The aim of this study was
Ellul, Christian, Gatt, Alfred
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Abdominal functional electrical stimulation to enhance mechanical insufflation-exsufflation [PDF]
, 2015 Context: Respiratory complications, attributed to the build-up of secretions in the airway, are a leading cause of rehospitalisation for the tetraplegic population.
Allan, David B. +3 more
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