Article Dans Une Revue Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports Année : 2023

Acute effects of conventional versus wide‐pulse neuromuscular electrical stimulation on quadriceps evoked torque and neuromuscular function

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Purpose: The effectiveness of a neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) program is proportional to the level of evoked torque, which can be achieved with either conventional or wide-pulse stimulations. The aim of this study was to compare evoked torque, objective fatigability and related peripheral and central alterations, as well as changes in central nervous system (CNS) excitability induced by an acute session of conventional vs. wide-pulse NMES. Methods: Seventeen young men underwent three 20-min NMES sessions: conventional (0.2 ms/50 Hz), wide-pulse at 50 Hz (1 ms/50 Hz) and wide-pulse at 100 Hz (1 ms/100 Hz). Neuromuscular measurements (i.e., maximal voluntary contraction, voluntary activation, evoked responses to femoral nerve stimulation and CNS excitability) were performed on the right quadriceps femoris muscle before and after each NMES session. CNS excitability was measured using transcranial magnetic, thoracic and transcutaneous spinal cord stimulations. Results: The level of evoked torque was not significantly different between conventional and wide-pulse protocols applied at the maximal tolerable current intensity. All NMES protocols induced objective fatigability (~14% decrease in maximal voluntary contraction torque, p < 0.001) associated with peripheral (decrease in doublet torque and potentiated M-wave amplitude, p = 0.002 and p < 0.001, respectively) but not central (unchanged voluntary activation, p = 0.79) alterations. However, these acute changes did not differ between NMES protocols and none of the NMES protocols modified markers of CNS excitability. Conclusion: These results may allow to conjecture that chronic effects and treatment effectiveness could be comparable between conventional and wide-pulse NMES.

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Loïc Espeit, Eric Luneau, Callum G Brownstein, Julien Gondin, Guillaume Y Millet, et al.. Acute effects of conventional versus wide‐pulse neuromuscular electrical stimulation on quadriceps evoked torque and neuromuscular function. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 2023, 33 (8), pp.1307 - 1321. ⟨10.1111/sms.14375⟩. ⟨hal-04302832⟩
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