Randomised feasibility trial into the effects of low-frequency electrical muscle stimulation in advanced heart failure patients

OBJECTIVES: Low-frequency electrical muscle stimulation (LF-EMS) may have the potential to reduce breathlessness and increase exercise capacity in the chronic heart failure population who struggle to adhere to conventional exercise. The study’s aim was to establish if a randomised controlled trial o...

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Published in:BMJ Open
Main Authors: Ennis, Stuart, McGregor, Gordon, Hamborg, Thomas, Jones, Helen, Shave, Robert, Singh, Sally J, Banerjee, Prithwish
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Sports and Exercise Medicine
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5629639/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28801415
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016148
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