Effects of preoperative neuromuscular electrical stimulation on quadriceps strength and functional recovery in total knee arthroplasty. A pilot study

BACKGROUND: Supervised preoperative muscle strengthening programmes (prehabilitation) can improve recovery after total joint arthroplasty but are considered resource intensive. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) has been shown to improve quadriceps femoris muscle (QFM) strength and clinical...

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Main Authors: Walls, Raymond J, McHugh, Gavin, O'Gorman, Donal J, Moyna, Niall M, O'Byrne, John M
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: BioMed Central 2010
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2896350/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20540807
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-11-119
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