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The effect of adding TENS to stretch on improvement of ankle range of motion in inactive patients in intensive care units: a pilot trial

BACKGROUND: Patients hospitalized in intensive care units (ICUs) are susceptible to joint contracture and diminished range of motion. This is due to immobility as well as other underlying factors such as brain damage. Joint contracture causes functional disorders thereby diminishing the quality of l...

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Autores principales: Shamsi, MohammadBagher, Vaisi-Raygani, Aliakbar, Rostami, Asghar, Mirzaei, Maryam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6694557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31428432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13102-019-0129-5