Effects of Arm-cranking Training with Electrical Muscle Stimulation on Vessel Function

AbstractThis study aimed to determine whether arm-cranking training with electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) results in a greater improvement in vessel function than performing the same exercise without EMS. First, nine healthy young men performed two 20-min arm-cranking trials at 50% V˙O2max with and without EMS applied to the lower limbs. The flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD) of the right brachial artery was measured using a high-resolution ultrasound device. Both FMD and normalized FMD were increased significantly after the arm-cranking with EMS trial, and significant differences were observed between the two trials. Second, 16 healthy adult men were randomly assigned to either the arm-cranking exercise training (A) group or arm-cranking training with EMS (A+EMS) group. The subjects were engaged in 20 min of arm-cranking at 50% V˙O2max twice a week for 8 weeks with/without EMS applied to the lower limbs. The FMD increased significantly after A+EMS training session and the FMD in A+EMS group was significantly higher than that in the A group. These results indicate that acute/chronic endurance arm-cranking with EMS applied to the lower limbs improves the brachial artery endothelial function more markedly than the same exercise without EMS.

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Traumatic brachial plexus injury rehabilitation using neuromuscular electrical muscle stimulation in a polytrauma patient

BMJ Case Reports ◽

10.1136/bcr-2019-232107 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (12) ◽

pp. e232107 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jessica Anne Rich ◽

Abraham Newell ◽

Timothy Williams

Keyword(s):

Brachial Plexus ◽

Brachial Plexus Injury ◽

Lower Limbs ◽

Muscle Stimulation ◽

Electrical Muscle Stimulation ◽

Injury Rehabilitation ◽

Post Operation ◽

Physiotherapy Programme ◽

Polytrauma Patient ◽

Electrical Muscle

We report a 28-year-old man admitted postmotorcycle versus car in September 2017. The patient sustained multiple injuries in both the upper and lower limbs. He sustained a complex brachial plexus injury on his left side and was transferred immediately to Stanmore Hospital to undergo specialist surgery (supraclavicular brachial plexus exploration and neurolysis) to repair his brachial plexus injury. The patient was transferred back to the specialist trauma ward for additional surgeries for his subsequent injuries. Due to the complexity of the injury and surgery the patient was not able to start rehabilitation until six weeks post operation, at which point he was referred to outpatient physiotherapy. Prior to this his left upper limb was in a sling but was instructed to move it as able. The patient commenced his comprehensive physiotherapy programme in January 2018.

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Pengaruh Penambahan Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) Peningkatan Tonus Otot Pada Penderita DD

Jurnal Kesehatan ◽

10.23917/jk.v6i1.5570 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 104-110

Author(s):

Agus Widodo ◽

BJ. Zia Yucca Praditya

Keyword(s):

Muscle Tone ◽

Wilcoxon Test ◽

Muscle Stimulation ◽

Functional Abilities ◽

Electrical Muscle Stimulation ◽

Before And After ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

The Right ◽

Electrical Muscle

Delayed Development (DD) is the classification of characteristics of children which is showeda significant delay in one or more domains of cognitive development, emotional or physical. The problemsthat arise in the DD are hypotonus of the muscles that cause delays in functional abilities ofchildren.The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of Electrical Muscle Stimulation(EMS)to increase muscle tone of DD patients. Quasi-experimental research method using two pre andpost-testgroup design. Sample of this research was 12 children 1-3 years of age. Measurement ofmuscletone using a sphygmomanometer before and after treatment for 4 weeks. The effect measuredusing Wilcoxon tes and the different effect measured using Mann Whitney test. Wilcoxon test resultshowedthat the effect of electrical muscle stimulation on muscle tone was seen from the right quadricepsp value (p = 0.026), the left quadriceps (p = 0.024), right tibialis anterior (p = 0.024) and left tibialisanterior(p = 0.024). It can be concluded that there is an effect of Electrical Muscle stimulation onincreasingthe muscle tone in people with DD.

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