Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Training: A Safe and Effective Treatment for Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Patients

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 697-702

  Colson, Serge S ^a   Benchortane, Michaël ^b   Tanant, Véronique ^b   Faghan, Jean Paul ^c   Fournier Mehouas, Manuela ^b   Benaïm, Charles ^d   Desnuelle, Claude ^b   Sacconi, Sabrina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^c Cabinet Auber   (France)

^d DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Isometric contraction; Quadriceps muscle; Rehabilitation; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELTOID MUSCLE; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SHOULDER GIRDLE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; PAIN; RESISTANCE TRAINING; WALKING;

EID: 77951548226     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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