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J Appl Physiol 90: 1909-1918, 2001;
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Vol. 90, Issue 5, 1909-1918, May 2001

Induction of a fatigue-resistant phenotype in rabbit fast muscle by small daily amounts of stimulation

Ana Lopez-Guajardo, Hazel Sutherland, Jonathan C. Jarvis, and Stanley Salmons

Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Liverpool, New Medical School, Liverpool L69 3GE, United Kingdom

We have shown that fatigue resistance can be induced in rabbit tibialis anterior (TA) muscles without excessive power loss by continuous stimulation at low frequencies, such as 5 Hz, and that the same result is obtained by delivering a 10-Hz pattern in equal on/off periods. Here we ask whether the same phenotype could be produced with daily amounts of stimulation that would be more appropriate for clinical use. We stimulated rabbit TA muscles for 6 wk, alternating fixed 30-min on periods of stimulation at 10 Hz with off periods of different duration. All patterns transformed fast-glycolytic fibers into fast-oxidative fibers. The muscles had fatigue-resistant properties but retained a higher contractile speed and power production than muscles transformed completely to the slow-oxidative type. We conclude that in the rabbit as little as one 30-min period of stimulation in 24 h can result in a substantial increase in the resistance of the muscle to fatigue.

adaptation; skeletal muscle; type transformation; implantable stimulator


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