Metabolic and morphometric alterations inherent to neuromuscular electric stimulation in the antagonist muscle submitted to ankle joint immobilization

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

João Luiz Quagliotti Durigan²  Karina Maria Cancelliero¹  Paula Lima Bosi²  Gabriel Borges Delfino²  Maria Imaculada De Lima Montebelo²  Rinaldo Roberto De Jesus Guirro²  Carlos Alberto Da Silva²  Maria Luiza Ozores Polacow² 

[1] ,Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba Departamento de Fisioterapia Piracicaba SP ,Brasil

关键词: Immobilization;    muscle disuse;    metabolic;    morphometric;    neuromuscular electrical stimulation;    rehabilitation;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-89132009000100011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of the neuromuscular electrical stimulation (ES) on the metabolic and morfometric profile of the tibialis anterior muscle, antagonist to the soleus muscle which was stimulate, under the joint immobilization condition of the ankle for 7 and 15 days. The immobilization promoted the reduction in the muscle mass (I7: 17.36%, I15: 20.83%), in the glycogen content (I7: 48%, I15: 48%), in the muscle fibers areas (I7: 27%, I15: 40%) and increase in intramuscular connective tissue density (I7: 122%, I15: 206%). The EE didn't promote significant alterations in the mass of the immobilized groups, however, promoted increase in the glycogen (IEE7: 31.25%; IEE15: 56.25%), reduction in the muscle fibers areas (IEE7: 14%, IEE15: 24.69%) and reduction in the connective tissue density (IEE7: 25.63%, IEE15: 49.09%) when compared with the respective immobilized groups.

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