Comparison of acute physiological effects between alternating current and pulsed current electrical muscle stimulation

Electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) is widely used in rehabilitation and sport training, and alternating current and pulsed current EMS are commonly used. However, no systematic comparison between alternating and pulsed current EMS has been made in the previous studies. The main aim of this research was to compare acute physiological responses between the alternating and pulsed current EMS. The secondary purpose of the research was to investigate further muscle damage induced by EMS-evoked isometric contractions. Three experimental studies were conducted in the thesis project together with literature review about EMS.

Grantor dc:publisher

Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia

Year dc:date

2010

Author dc:creator

• Aldayel, Abdulaziz A.

• neuromuscular electrical stimulation
• Russian current
• motor unit recruitment
• maximal voluntary isometric contraction
• muscle damage.
• Sports Sciences

Repository record dc:identifier

https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/131

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ro.ecu.edu.au:theses-1131