In Popular Culture
- The Star Wars novel Shadows of the Empire describes a 'myostim' chair that artificially stimulates muscles to build muscle mass and strength.
- The science fiction movie The Matrix contains a scene in which Neo's muscles are activated aboard a levitating ship, the Nebuchadnezzar, by means of acupuncture needles and EMS after a lifetime of being 'cocooned'.
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