Muscular Adaptations Between Very Low Load Resistance Training With Pulsed Direct Current Stimulation (Neubie) and Traditional High Load Training

OBJECTIVES: This study compared muscle growth in response to very low load resistance training with direct pulsed current (DPC) stimulation and traditional high load training.

METHODS: Twenty-six resistance trained individuals had each leg assigned to one of two unilateral knee extension protocols: 1) 4 sets of 20 repetitions at ~10% one-repetition maximum (1RM) and inter-set rest periods of 30 s (DPC) and 2) 4 sets to muscular failure at ~70% 1RM (TRAD). Muscle thickness (MTH), 1RM strength, and local muscular endurance (LME) were measured before and after 8-weeks of training. An alpha level of 0.05 was used for all comparisons.

RESULTS: MTH increased similarly between TRAD and DPC at the 50% (0.24 cm, 95%CI: 0.11-0.36), and the 60% anterior sites (0.25 cm, 95%CI: 0.10-.040), as well as the lateral (0.25 cm, 95%CI: 0.10-.040) and medial sites (0.21 cm, 95%CI: 0.10-0.31), but was greater for TRAD at the 40% anterior site (0.3 cm, 95%CI: 0.16-0.43). Changes in 1RM were greater for TRAD (10.2 kg, 95%CI: 5.8-14.4). LME increased similarly between protocols (5 repetitions, 95%CI: 3-7).

CONCLUSIONS: The current data suggest that very low load knee extension resistance training with DPC could be a viable training strategy for promoting skeletal muscle growth and local muscular endurance.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions - 23(2023), 4 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 377-385

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hammert, William B [VerfasserIn]
Moreno, Enrique N [VerfasserIn]
Vasenina, Ecaterina [VerfasserIn]
Buckner, Samuel L [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Direct Pulsed Current
High Load Training
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Resistance training
Very Low Load Training

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 04.12.2023

Date Revised 12.01.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365284769