BiCyCLE NMES—neuromuscular electrical stimulation in the perioperative treatment of sarcopenia and myosteatosis in advanced rectal cancer patients: design and methodology of a phase II randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer is associated with secondary sarcopenia (muscle loss) and myosteatosis (fatty infiltration of muscle) and patients who exhibit these host characteristics have poorer outcomes following surgery. Furthermore, patients, who undergo curative advanced rectal cancer surgery s...

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Autores principales: Pring, Edward T., Gould, Laura E., Malietzis, George, Lung, Philip, Bharal, Mina, Fadodun, Tutu, Bassett, Paul, Naghibi, Mani, Taylor, Claire, Drami, Ioanna, Chauhan, Deeptika, Street, Tamsyn, Francis, Nader K., Athanasiou, Thanos, Saxton, John M., Jenkins, John T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8442432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34526100
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05573-2

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