Effects of Whole-Body Electromyostimulation on the Thickness of Appendicular and Respiratory Muscles, Functionality, and Frailty in Patients From a Transitional Care Unit: A Randomized Clinical Trial Protocol.
André Luis Pinheiro Borges, Antônio Anderson Ramos de Oliveira, Juliana Nogueira Coelho, Antônio Riquelme Martins Negreiros, Aparecida Pereira Holanda Almeida Sampaio, Danielle Pessoa Lima, Miguel Ângelo Nobre E Souza, Jarbas de Sá Roriz Filho
PMID 41834736WHAT IT FOUND
No results are reported yet.
This is the published plan for a trial of whole-body electrical stimulation added to physiotherapy in a transitional care unit, so it cannot tell you whether the treatment works.
What this paper is
This is the published plan for a randomised trial, not its results. It sets out how 62 adults aged 50 and over, recently hospitalised and referred to a transitional care unit in Fortaleza, Brazil, will be split between whole-body electrical stimulation plus conventional physiotherapy and conventional physiotherapy alone, and what the researchers intend to measure: rectus femoris, diaphragm and forearm muscle thickness on bedside ultrasound, plus scores on the Barthel Index for daily function and the Tilburg Frailty Indicator. No outcomes have been reported, so there is no finding here to change your practice on.
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