Runing Granules

Introduction: The use of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in athlete training has become an increasingly common feature among competition teams. Among the main benefits of NMES are the increase in muscular strength and improvement in athletes' performance. Surveys demonstrate the benefits of basketball, volleyball, soccer, swimmers and Olympic lifters using NMES, but no studies have been conducted on runners. Objectives: To evaluate the effects of 6 weeks of training with NMES, on knee peak torque (PT), ventilatory anaerobic threshold, maximum oxygen consumption (VO2max) and running economy in recreational runners. Methods: Randomized clinical trial involving 30 long distance runners, being randomly distributed in 2 groups of 15 participants each. All individuals will perform isokinetic evaluation of the lower limbs and ergospirometry. After these evaluations, all athletes will perform the same running training (CT), in addition to the CT the intervention group will perform NMES on the knee extensors 3 times a week for 15 minutes.