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  • Title: Whole body oxygen uptake and evoked torque during subtetanic isometric electrical stimulation of the quadriceps muscles in a single 30-minute session.
    Author: Minogue CM, Caulfield BM, Lowery MM.
    Journal: Arch Phys Med Rehabil; 2014 Sep; 95(9):1750-8. PubMed ID: 24769070.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the time course of fatigue in torque output and oxygen uptake during isometric subtetanic neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) to facilitate the design of NMES-based rehabilitation protocols that can accumulate a defined aerobic exercise volume within a given time period. DESIGN: Single-arm intervention study with within-subject comparisons. SETTING: University research laboratory. PARTICIPANTS: Volunteer sample of healthy men (N=11; mean age, 34.2 ± 11.5 y; range, 19-53 y; body mass, 79.1 ± 11.7 kg; range, 58-100 kg). INTERVENTION: A single 30-minute session of continuous bilateral isometric quadriceps NMES at 4 Hz evoking a mean twitch amplitude of 12% of the maximum voluntary contraction. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Whole body oxygen consumption rate (V˙o2), and evoked torque were measured simultaneously throughout. RESULTS: Mean increment in V˙o2 was 596 ± 238 mL/min, and average exercise intensity during the session was 3 ±.47 metabolic equivalents. The V˙o2 and torque declined slowly at a rate of -.54%±.31% and -.47%±.57% per minute, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Despite having a higher incremental V˙o2, the observed fatigue rate was considerably less than that previously reported during intermittent isometric tetanic stimulation, suggesting that subtetanic isometric NMES is more sustainable for exercise interventions aimed at accumulating a therapeutic aerobic exercise volume.
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