Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) reduces structural and functional losses of quadriceps muscle and improves health status in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 511-516

  Vaz, Marco Aurélio ^a   Baroni, Bruno Manfredini ^a   Geremia, Jeam Marcel ^a   Lanferdini, Fábio Juner ^a   Mayer, Alexandre ^a   Arampatzis, Adamantios ^b   Herzog, Walter ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

electrical stimulation; muscle architecture; muscle strength; osteoarthritis; WOMAC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MUSCLE TRAINING; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REHABILITATION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TRAINING;

AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 84874667533     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.22264     Document Type: Article

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