Onset of ischemic colitis following use of electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) exercise equipment

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 693-695

  Tsujimoto, Tatsuhiro ^c   Takano, Masato ^c   Ishikawa, Masatoshi ^c   Tsuruzono, Takuya ^c   Matsumura, Yoshinobu ^c   Kitano, Hiroyuki ^a   Yoneda, Satoshi ^b   Yoshiji, Hitoshi ^b   Yamao, Junichi ^b   Fukui, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Kitano Medical Clinic   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ishinkai Yao General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical muscle stimulation (EMS); Ischemic colitis; Mucosal dissection

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRRITABLE COLON; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MUCOSA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; OCCULT BLOOD; RECTUM BIOPSY; THROMBUS; VASOSPASM;

AGED; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; COLON; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 4644283268     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.693     Document Type: Article

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