Electrical stimulation of skeletal muscles: An alternative to aerobic exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure?

International Heart Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 441-453

  Dobšák, Petr ^a   Nováková, Marie ^b   Fišer, Bohumil ^b   Siegelová, Jarmila ^a   Balcárková, Pavla ^a   Špinarová, Lenka ^a   Vítovec, Jiří ^a   Minami, Naoyoshi ^c   Nagasaka, Makoto ^c   Kohzuki, Masahiro ^c   Yambe, Tomoyuki ^d   Imachi, Kou ^c   Nitta, Shin Ichi ^c   Eicher, Jean Christophe ^e   Wolf, Jean Eric ^e  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Exercise; Functional capacity; Heart failure; Home based training; Rehabilitation; Strenght muscle

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33746155238     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.47.441     Document Type: Article

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