Electrical stimulation of muscle: electrophysiology and rehabilitation

RM Enoka, IG Amiridis, J Duchateau - Physiology, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
The generation of action potentials in intramuscular motor and sensory axons in response to
an imposed external current source can evoke muscle contractions and elicit widespread …

Endurance-exercise training adaptations in spinal motoneurones: Potential functional relevance to locomotor output and assessment in humans

KE Power, EJ Lockyer, A Botter, T Vieira… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
It is clear from non-human animal work that spinal motoneurones undergo endurance
training (chronic) and locomotor (acute) related changes in their electrical properties and …

Differences in postural sway among healthy adults are associated with the ability to perform steady contractions with leg muscles

LA Davis, SP Allen, LD Hamilton, AM Grabowski… - Experimental Brain …, 2020 - Springer
Upright standing involves small displacements of the center of mass about the base of
support. These displacements are often quantified by measuring various kinematic features …

Nervous system modulation through electrical stimulation in companion animals

 Martins, D Gouveia, A Cardoso, Ó Gamboa… - Acta Veterinaria …, 2021 - Springer
Domestic animals with severe spontaneous spinal cord injury (SCI), including dogs and cats
that are deep pain perception negative (DPP−), can benefit from specific evaluations …

Innervation zone distribution of the biceps brachii muscle examined using voluntary and electrically-evoked high-density surface EMG

C Huang, CS Klein, Z Meng, Y Zhang, S Li… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2019 - Springer
Background High density surface electromyography (EMG) can be used to estimate muscle
innervation zones (IZ). The objective of this study was to compare the differences in the …

Bursting TENS increases walking endurance more than continuous TENS in middle-aged adults

JP Carzoli, M Alenazy, SB Richmond… - … of Electromyography and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The application of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) can improve motor
performance in both healthy individuals and those who present with clinically detectable …

Repeated and patterned stimulation of cutaneous reflex pathways amplifies spinal cord excitability

GEP Pearcey, EP Zehr - Journal of Neurophysiology, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Priming with patterned stimulation of antagonist muscle afferents induces modulation of
spinal cord excitability as evidenced by changes in group Ia reciprocal inhibition. When …

Sensory enhancement amplifies interlimb cutaneous reflexes in wrist extensor muscles

Y Sun, EP Zehr - Journal of Neurophysiology, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Interlimb neural connections support motor tasks such as locomotion and cross-education
strength training. Somatosensory pathways that can be assessed with cutaneous reflex …

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation modulates corticospinal excitability while preserving motor unit discharge properties during isometric contractions

JC Hernandez-Pavon, S Avrillon, G Hoo, JL Pons - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Aim Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) aims to supplement sensory
feedback to improve force steadiness or motor function. In this study, we directly assessed …

[PDF][PDF] Changes in Functionality Induced by Conventional and Combined Electromyostimula-tion Knee Training

TM Kannas - … . PriMera Scientific Medicine and Public Health, 2023 - primerascientific.com
Background: Patellofemoral pain (PFP) is a chronic condition that usually results in long-
term functional impairments both in adults and adolescents PFP has been found to decrease …