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Int J Sports Med 2018; 39(11): 828-834
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-102129
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Electrical Stimulation to the Infraspinatus on Hypertrophy and Strength of the Shoulder

Ko Yanase
1   Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan 53, Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
,
Satoshi Hasegawa
1   Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan 53, Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
,
Masatoshi Nakamura
2   Institute for Human Movement and Medical Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan 1398, Shimamicho, Kita-ku Niigata-shi, Niigata, 950-3102, Japan
,
Taishi Yamauchi
1   Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan 53, Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
,
Satoru Nishishita
1   Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan 53, Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
,
Kojiro Araki
1   Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan 53, Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
,
Jun Umehara
1   Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan 53, Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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Kosuke Fujita
1   Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan 53, Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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Ikuya Sato
1   Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan 53, Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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Satoko Ibuki
1   Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan 53, Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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Noriaki Ichihashi
1   Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan 53, Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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accepted 18 January 2018

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16 August 2018 (online)

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of six weeks of electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) on the strength and muscle mass of the infraspinatus muscle. Twenty non-athletes (age: 24±3.4 years, height: 171.5±5.6 cm, mass: 65.2±8.1 kg) were randomly classified into two groups, an electrical muscle stimulation group (EMS group) and a control group (CON group). The EMS group completed a total of 18 20– min EMS sessions, three times per week over a period of six weeks, while the CON group received no intervention. The muscle thicknesses of both the infraspinatus and the deltoid muscles, the cross-sectional area (CSA) of the whole infraspinatus muscle, and the isometric and isokinetic peak torques of shoulder external rotations were measured before and after intervention. It was found that the muscle thickness of the superior infraspinatus (Pre 0.92±0.19 cm2, Post 0.99±0.16 cm2, p=0.02) and the CSA (Pre 10.99±1.32 cm2, Post 11.99±1.02 cm2, p=0.03) significantly increased in the EMS group. This study demonstrated that EMS of the infraspinatus muscle over a period of six weeks resulted in hypertrophy of the infraspinatus muscle.

Key words

electrical muscle stimulation - training - infraspinatus - hypertrophy - shoulder - strength
 

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