It's time to regulate the use of whole body electrical stimulation

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 352, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Malnick, Stephen D H ^a   Band, Yael ^a   Alin, Pavel ^a   Maffiuletti, Nicola A ^b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LETTER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MYALGIA; PAIN SEVERITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WHOLE BODY ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; HEALTH CENTER; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MUSCULAR DISEASES;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FITNESS CENTERS; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84962160904     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i1693     Document Type: Letter

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