Short-term transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation after cardiac surgery: Effect on pain, pulmonary function and electrical muscle activity

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 539-543

  Cipriano Jr , Gerson ^a   Carvalho, Antonio Carlos De Camargo ^a   Bernardelli, Graziella França ^a   Peres, Paulo Alberto Tayar ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Electromyography; Pain; Pulmonary function; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPIROMETRY; TIDAL VOLUME; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SPIROMETRY; TIDAL VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 49249116060     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.168542     Document Type: Article

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