Improvement of thigh muscles by neuromuscular electrical stimulation in patients with refractory heart failure: A single-blind, randomized, controlled trial

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 206-214

  Quittan, Michael ^a,c   Wiesinger, Günther F ^a   Sturm, Barbara ^a   Puig, Stefan ^a   Mayr, Winfried ^a   Sochor, Andrea ^a   Paternostro, Tatjana ^a   Resch, Karl L ^b   Pacher, Richard ^a   Fialka Moser, Veronika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Forschungsinstitut für Balneologie und Kurortewissenschaft   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Electrical stimulation; Muscle strength; Muscle strength training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THIGH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EMOTIONS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0035119564     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-200103000-00011     Document Type: Review

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