Popliteal blood flow and plantar flexion force due to neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) of the calf muscle pump are strongly associated with NMES intensity

Author

Corley, Gavin J. ; Bîrlea, Sinziana I. ; Breen, Paul ; ÓLaighin, Gearóid

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland

fYear

2009

fDate

3-6 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

3051

Lastpage

3054

Abstract

In spite of significant gains in venous flow using Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) of the calf muscles, little is known about the relationship between the applied electrical stimulus and the resulting venous blood flow in the deep veins of the leg. This retrospective study of repeated measures of blood flow, muscle force and NMES signals of 14 healthy subjects undergoing a week long NMES protocol aimed to determine the relationship between the applied NMES signals and the resulting muscle force and blood flow measures. Statistical analyses revealed strong correlations between NMES blood flow, NMES plantar flexion force and the applied NMES intensity.

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; biomechanics; blood flow measurement; force measurement; neuromuscular stimulation; statistical analysis; NMES blood flow; NMES plantar flexion force; applied NMES intensity; blood flow measurement; calf muscle pump NMES; muscle force measurement; neuromuscular electrical stimulation; popliteal blood flow; statistical analysis; venous flow; Adult; Biomedical Engineering; Blood Flow Velocity; Electric Stimulation; Electrophysiology; Female; Humans; Leg; Male; Models, Statistical; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; Muscles; Regional Blood Flow; Retrospective Studies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2009. EMBC 2009. Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3296-7

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333580

Filename

5333580