A promising approach to effectively reduce cramp susceptibility in human muscles: a randomized, controlled clinical trial.

To investigate if the cramp threshold frequency (CTF) can be altered by electrical muscle stimulation in a shortened position.A total of 15 healthy male sport students were randomly allocated to an intervention (IG, n = 10) and a non-treatment control group (CG, n = 5). Calf muscles of both legs in...

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Main Authors: Michael Behringer, Markus Moser, Molly McCourt, Johannes Montag, Joachim Mester
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3984281?pdf=render