Effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on skeletal muscle size and function in patients with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy
Autor: | Michael J. Toth, Thomas B. Voigt, Timothy W. Tourville, Shannon M. Prior, Blas A. Guigni, Axel V. Schlosberg, Isaac B. Smith, Taylor J. Forest, Peter A. Kaufman, Marie E. Wood, Hibba Rehman, Kim Dittus |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Physiology Muscle Fibers Skeletal Urology Stimulation Breast Neoplasms Muscle hypertrophy Quadriceps Muscle Contractility 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Breast cancer Physiology (medical) Myosin medicine Humans Muscle Skeletal business.industry Skeletal muscle Cancer 030229 sport sciences medicine.disease Electric Stimulation medicine.anatomical_structure 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Female medicine.symptom business Muscle contraction Research Article Muscle Contraction |
Zdroj: | J Appl Physiol (1985) |
Popis: | Exercise has numerous benefits for patients with cancer, but implementation is challenging because of practical and logistical hurdles. This study examined whether neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) can serve as a surrogate for classic exercise by eliciting an exercise training response in skeletal muscle of women diagnosed with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy. Patients (n = 22) with histologically confirmed stage I, II, or III breast cancer scheduled to receive neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy were randomized to 8 wk of bilateral neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES; 5 days/wk) to their quadriceps muscles or control. Biopsy of the vastus lateralis was performed at baseline and after 8 wk of intervention to assess muscle fiber size, contractility, and mitochondrial content. Seventeen patients (8 control/9 NMES) completed the trial and were included in analyses. NMES promoted muscle fiber hypertrophy (P < 0.001), particularly in fast-twitch, myosin heavy chain (MHC) IIA fibers (P < 0.05) and tended to induce fiber type shifts in MHC II fibers. The effects of NMES on single-muscle fiber contractility were modest, and it was unable to prevent declines in the function in MHC IIA fibers. NMES did not alter intermyofibrillar mitochondrial content/structure but was associated with reductions in subsarcolemmal mitochondria. Our results demonstrate that NMES induces muscle fiber hypertrophy and fiber type shifts in MHC II fibers but had minimal effects on fiber contractility and promoted reductions in subsarcolemmal mitochondria. Further studies are warranted to evaluate the utility of NMES as an exercise surrogate in cancer patients and other conditions. NEW & NOTEWORTHY This is the first study to evaluate whether neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) can be used as an exercise surrogate to improve skeletal muscle fiber size or function in cancer patients receiving treatment. We show that NMES promoted muscle fiber hypertrophy and fiber type shifts but had minimal effects on single-fiber contractility and reduced subsarcolemmal mitochondria. |
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