Neuromuscular electrical stimulation enhances neuromuscular activation and motor performance in badminton players during forward lunge footwork
Xuerui Li, Yi Sheng · 2026
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Description
Electrical muscle stimulation before play sped up badminton lunges in a 2026 experiment by Xuerui Li and Yi Sheng. The forward lunge demands quick starts, controlled landings, and fast recovery, so the pair tested whether stimulation combined with weighted squats could prime players.
Thirty-six male players were assigned to weighted squats alone, sham stimulation with squats, or real stimulation with squats, then performed shuttle trials while muscle activity was recorded from 14 sites. The real stimulation group finished fastest and showed stronger activation in key leg and trunk muscles, plus greater co-activation and coupling between muscle pairs. Li and Sheng propose stimulation as a short pre-competition priming tool.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xuerui Li, Yi Sheng |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 65906 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |