Minimizing muscle fatigue through optimization of electrical stimulation parameters

Reducing muscle fatigue due to functional electrical stimulation using random modulation of stimulation parameters.

A major limitation of many functional electrical stimulation (FES) applications is that muscles tend to fatigue very rapidly. It was hypothesized that FES-induced muscle fatigue could be reduced by randomly modulating the pulse frequency, amplitude, and pulse width in a range of +/-15%. Seven subjects with spinal-cord injuries participated in this study. FES was applied to quadriceps and tibial...

Optimization of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation to Reduce Muscle Fatigue during Isometric Contractions

Optimization of electrical stimulation parameters for cardiac tissue engineering.

In vitro application of pulsatile electrical stimulation to neonatal rat cardiomyocytes cultured on polymer scaffolds has been shown to improve the functional assembly of cells into contractile engineered cardiac tissues. However, to date, the conditions of electrical stimulation have not been optimized. We have systematically varied the electrode material, amplitude and frequency of stimulatio...

Muscle fatigue: clinical implications for fatigue assessment and neuromuscular electrical stimulation.

Muscle fatigue can be defined as a decrease in the force-generating ability of a muscle that resulted from recent activity. Recent studies of muscle fatigue are reviewed that are relevant to two areas of interest to physical therapists: clinical assessment of muscle fatigue and neuromuscular electrical stimulation. Volitional and electrical tests have been used to quantify muscle fatigue. Sever...

An Electrical Muscle Stimulation

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