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Does Standard Physical Therapy Increase Quadriceps Strength in Chronically Ventilated Patients? A Pilot Study

OBJECTIVES: Physical therapy is standard care for mechanically ventilated patients, but there is no evidence, using nonvolitional, objective measurements, that physical therapy increases muscle strength in this population. The present study tested the hypothesis that 2 weeks of standard, conventiona...

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Autores principales: Supinski, Gerald S., Valentine, Emily N., Netzel, Paul F., Schroder, Elizabeth A., Wang, Lin, Callahan, Leigh Ann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7540619/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32826429
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000004544