Neuromuscular electrical stimulation improves clinical and physiological function in COPD patients

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 609-620

  Vieira, Paulo J C ^a   Güntzel Chiappa, Adriana M ^a   Cipriano, Gerson ^b   Umpierre, Daniel ^a   Arena, Ross ^c   Chiappa, Gaspar R ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Physical Therapy Division   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body composition; Dynamic hyperinflation; Dyspnea; Electrical stimulation; Exertion; Pulmonary rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY COMPOSITION; BREATHING MUSCLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FAT FREE MASS; FAT MASS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRETCHING EXERCISE; THIGH CIRCUMFERENCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD; BREATHING MECHANICS; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BETA-ENDORPHIN; BODY COMPOSITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PILOT PROJECTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84896067436     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2013.12.013     Document Type: Article

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