A control method for an X-ray irradiating apparatus capable of transmitting a maintenance electric current to a subject, the maintenance electric current maintaining contraction of a muscle by electric stimulus, the control method for the X-ray irradiating apparatus comprising:
- outputting the maintenance electric current with an electric current outputting unit, the maintenance electric current maintaining contraction of an abdominal muscle related to motion of a diaphragm;
- outputting the maintenance electric current to an electrode unit that transmits the maintenance electric current to the abdominal muscle;
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- switching between a state in which the maintenance electric current is output to the electrode unit and a state in which the maintenance electric current is not output to the electrode unit, in accordance with an operation of an operating unit by the subject.