Neuromuscular electrical stimulation prevents muscle disuse atrophy during leg immobilization in humans

Short periods of muscle disuse, due to illness or injury, result in substantial skeletal muscle atrophy. Recently, we have shown that a single session of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) increases muscle protein synthesis rates. The aim was to investigate the capacity for daily NMES to attenuate muscle atrophy during short‐term muscle disuse.

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