PMID- 25730652
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151117
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 1108-7161 (Print)
IS  - 1108-7161 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 1
DP  - 2015 Mar
TI  - Acute effects of superimposed electromyostimulation during cycling on myokines 
      and markers of muscle damage.
PG  - 53-9
AB  - OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effects of 
      superimposed electromyostimulation (E) during cycling on myokines and markers of 
      muscle damage, as E might be a useful tool to induce a high local stimulus to 
      skeletal muscle during endurance training without performing high external 
      workloads. METHODS: 13 subjects participated in three experimental trials each 
      lasting 60 min in a randomized order. 1) Cycling (C), 2) Cycling with 
      superimposed E (C+E) and 3) E. Interleukin-6 (IL-6), brain-derived neurotrophic 
      factor (BDNF), creatine kinase (CK) and myoglobin were determined before (pre) 
      and 0', 30', 60', 240' and 24h after each intervention. RESULTS: Only C+E caused 
      significant increases in levels of CK and myoglobin. BDNF and IL-6 significantly 
      increased after C and C+E, however increases for IL-6 were significantly higher 
      after C+E compared to C. CONCLUSION: The present study showed that superimposed E 
      during cycling might be a useful tool to induce a high local stimulus to skeletal 
      muscle even when performing low to moderate external workloads. This effect might 
      be due the activation of additional muscle fibers and mild eccentric work due to 
      the concomitant activation of agonist and antagonist. However the higher load to 
      skeletal muscle has to be taken into account.
FAU - Wahl, P
AU  - Wahl P
AD  - Institute of Training Science and Sport Informatics, German Sport University 
      Cologne, Germany.
FAU - Hein, M
AU  - Hein M
FAU - Achtzehn, S
AU  - Achtzehn S
FAU - Bloch, W
AU  - Bloch W
FAU - Mester, J
AU  - Mester J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Greece
TA  - J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact
JT  - Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions
JID - 101084496
RN  - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor)
RN  - 0 (Interleukin-6)
RN  - 0 (Myoglobin)
RN  - 7171WSG8A2 (BDNF protein, human)
RN  - EC 2.7.3.2 (Creatine Kinase)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Bicycling
MH  - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/blood
MH  - Creatine Kinase/blood
MH  - *Electric Stimulation
MH  - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
MH  - Exercise/*physiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Interleukin-6/blood
MH  - Male
MH  - Muscle, Skeletal/*metabolism
MH  - Myoglobin/blood
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC5123608
COIS- The authors have no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2015/03/03 06:00
MHDA- 2015/11/18 06:00
PMCR- 2015/03/01
CRDT- 2015/03/03 06:00
PHST- 2015/03/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/03/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/11/18 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2015/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - JMNI-15-053 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact. 2015 Mar;15(1):53-9.