Response of the human triceps surae muscle to electrical stimulation during varying levels of blood flow restriction

2000 ◽  
Vol 82 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 39-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Cole ◽  
M. D. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Blood Flow Restriction ◽  
Triceps Surae ◽  
Flow Restriction ◽  
Triceps Surae Muscle ◽  
Human Triceps Surae

scholarly journals Effects of combined treatment with blood flow restriction and low-current electrical stimulation on muscle hypertrophy in rats

2019 ◽  
Vol 127 (5) ◽  
pp. 1288-1296
Author(s):  
Madoka Yoshikawa ◽  
Takeshi Morifuji ◽  
Tomohiro Matsumoto ◽  
Noriaki Maeshige ◽  
Minoru Tanaka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Blood Flow ◽  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Muscle Hypertrophy ◽  
Combined Treatment ◽  
Blood Flow Restriction ◽  
Sectional Area ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Flow Restriction ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy

This study aimed to clarify the effects of a combined treatment comprising blood flow restriction and low-current electrical stimulation on skeletal muscle hypertrophy in rats. Male Wistar rats were divided into control (Cont), blood flow restriction (Bfr), electrical stimulation (Es), or Bfr with Es (Bfr + Es) groups. Pressure cuffs (80 mmHg) were placed around the thighs of Bfr and Bfr + Es rats. Low-current Es was applied to calf muscles in the Es and Bfr + Es rats. In experiment 1, a 1-day treatment regimen (5-min stimulation, followed by 5-min rest) was delivered four times to study the acute effects. In experiment 2, the same treatment regimen was delivered three times/wk for 8 wk. Body weight, muscle mass, changes in maximal isometric contraction, fiber cross-sectional area of the soleus muscle, expression of phosphorylated and total-ERK1/2, phosphorylated-rpS6 Ser235/236, phosphorylated and total Akt, and phosphorylated-rpS6 Ser240/244 were measured. Bfr and Es treatment alone failed to induce muscle hypertrophy and increase the expression of phosphorylated rpS6 Ser240/244. Combined Bfr + Es upregulated muscle mass, increased the fiber cross-sectional area, and increased phosphorylated rpS6 Ser240/244 expression and phosphorylated rpS6 Ser235/236 expression compared with controls. Combined treatment with Bfr and low-current Es can induce muscle hypertrophy via activation of two protein synthesis signaling pathways. This treatment should be introduced for older patients with sarcopenia and others with muscle weakness. NEW & NOTEWORTHY We investigated the acute and chronic effect of low-current electrical stimulation with blood flow restriction on skeletal muscle hypertrophy and the mechanisms controlling the hypertrophic response. Low-current electrical stimulation could not induce skeletal muscle hypertrophy, but a combination treatment did. Blood lactate and growth hormone levels were increased in the early response. Moreover, activation of ERK1/2 and mTOR pathways were observed in both the acute and chronic response, which contribute to muscle hypertrophy.

Effects of combined treatment with blood flow restriction and low current electrical stimulation on capillary regression in the soleus muscle of diabetic rats

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minoru Tanaka ◽  
Takeshi Morifuji ◽  
Ken Sugimoto ◽  
Hiroshi Akasaka ◽  
Taku Fujimoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Soleus Muscle ◽  
Combined Treatment ◽  
Hypoxia Inducible Factor ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Diabetic Rats ◽  
Blood Flow Restriction ◽  
Angiogenic Factor ◽  
Flow Restriction

To clarify the preventive effects of low current electrical stimulation (ES) under blood flow restriction (Bfr) on diabetes-associated capillary regression in skeletal muscles, we assessed the changes in three-dimensional capillary architecture and angiogenic factors. Twenty-four Goto-Kakizaki rats were randomly divided into four groups: the sedentary diabetes mellitus (DM), Bfr (DM+Bfr), electrical stimulation (DM+ES), and Bfr plus ES (DM+Bfr+ES) groups. Six healthy Wistar rats were used as age-matched controls. Bfr was performed using pressure cuffs (80 mmHg) around the thighs of the rats, and low-current ES was applied to the calf muscles of the rats. The current intensity was set at 30% of the maximal isometric contraction (24-30 mA). The treatments were delivered three times a week for eight weeks. In the DM group, the capillary diameter and volume of the soleus muscle decreased, and, the anti-angiogenic factor level increased. Furthermore, DM caused an increase in the hypoxia-inducible factor. Individually, Bfr or ES treatments failed to inhibit the DM-associated capillary regression and increase in anti-angiogenic factor. However, combined treatment with Bfr and ES prevented DM-associated capillary regression via inhibition of the increased anti-angiogenic factor and enhancement of interleukin-15 expression, mitochondrial biogenesis factors, and a pro-angiogenic factor. Therefore, DM-associated capillary regression inhibited by the combined treatment may prevent the effects of the increased anti-angiogenic factor and enhance the pro-angiogenic factor.

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