Effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on muscle layer thickness of knee extensor muscles in intensive care unit patients: a pilot study

Wolfgang Gruther, C Zorn, Tatjana Paternostro‐Sluga, Michael Quittan, Christian K. Spiss, F. Kainberger, Richard Crevenna, Veronika Fialka‐Moser

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine · 2010 · 141 citations · 28 references

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Abstract

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation appears to be a useful adjunct to revert muscle wasting in intensive care unit long-term patients; however, larger studies with a larger sample size are needed to confirm these promising, but preliminary, results.

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