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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Autores principales: Walls, Raymond J, McHugh, Gavin, O'Gorman, Donal J, Moyna, Niall M, O'Byrne, John M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2896350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20540807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-11-119

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2896350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20540807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-11-119

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