Immediate effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and focal knee joint cooling on quadriceps activation

• Published in: Medicine and science in sports and exercise Vol. 41; no. 6; p. 1175
• Main Authors: Pietrosimone, Brian G, Hart, Joseph M, Saliba, Susan A, Hertel, Jay, Ingersoll, Christopher D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2009
• Subjects: Analysis of Variance; Cold Temperature; Confidence Intervals; Cryotherapy; Female; Humans; Isometric Contraction; Knee Joint; Male; Middle Aged; Motor Neurons; Osteoarthritis, Knee; Pain Measurement; Quadriceps Muscle - innervation; Single-Blind Method; Time Factors; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation

To determine whether transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and focal knee joint cooling will affect the quadriceps central activation ratio (CAR) in patients with tibiofemoral osteoarthritis. Thirty-three participants with diagnosed tibiofemoral osteoarthritis were randomly allocated to...