Type of experiment
|
Frequency
|
Duration
|
Repetitions
|
Muscle or Nerve stimulation
|
Purpose
|
|
(Hz) |
(s) |
|
|
|
Twitch |
Single pulse |
|
1 |
Muscle |
Twitch force and kinetics |
Rest |
|
30 |
|
Twitch |
Single pulse |
|
1 |
Nerve |
Rest |
|
30 |
|
Twitch |
Single pulse |
|
1 |
Muscle |
Rest |
|
30 |
|
Twitch |
Single pulse |
|
1 |
Nerve |
Rest |
|
120 |
|
Unfused tetanus |
60 |
0.5 |
1 |
Nerve |
Force/frequency curves for nerve and muscle stimulations |
Rest |
|
120 |
|
Fused tetanus |
100 |
0.5 |
1 |
Muscle |
Rest |
|
180 |
|
Unfused tetanus |
40 |
0.5 |
1 |
Nerve |
Rest |
|
120 |
|
Unfused tetanus |
20 |
0.5 |
1 |
Muscle |
Rest |
|
120 |
|
Unfused tetanus |
80 |
0.5 |
1 |
Nerve |
Rest |
|
150 |
|
Unfused tetanus |
80 |
0.5 |
1 |
Muscle |
Rest |
|
150 |
|
Unfused tetanus |
20 |
0.5 |
1 |
Nerve |
Rest |
|
120 |
|
Fused tetanus |
100 |
0.5 |
1 |
Muscle |
Rest |
|
150 |
|
Fused tetanus |
100 |
0.5 |
1 |
Nerve |
Rest |
|
180 |
|
Unfused tetanus |
60 |
0.5 |
1 |
Muscle |
Rest |
|
300 |
|
Fatigue paradigm |
35 |
0.33 |
1 muscle stimulation followed by 14 nerve stimulations with a rest time of 0.67 s each, repeated 20 times |
Neurotransmission failure (NF) |
Rest |
|
900 |
|
Fatigue paradigm |
80 |
0.33 |
1 muscle stimulation followed by 14 nerve stimulations with a rest time of 0.67 s each, repeated 20 times |
Neurotransmission failure (NF) and Intratetanic fatigue (IF) |