Effect of transcutaneous electrical muscle stimulation on postoperative muscle mass and protein synthesis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 360-363

  Vinge, O ^a,c   Edvardsen, L ^a   Jensen, F ^a   Jensen, F G ^a   Wernerman, J ^b   Kehlet, H ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYRIBOSOMES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0029967064     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800830320     Document Type: Article

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