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Trial reportBioMed research international2013

The effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on quadriceps strength and knee function in professional soccer players: return to sport after ACL reconstruction.

J Taradaj, T Halski, M Kucharzewski, K Walewicz, A Smykla, M Ozon, L Slupska, R Dymarek, K Ptaszkowski, J Rajfur and 1 more

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Trial report in BioMed research international, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

J TaradajDepartment of Physiotherapy Basics, Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, Mikolowska Street 72, 40-065 Katowice, Poland ; Department of Medical Biophysics, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Medykow Street 18, 40-752 Katowice, Poland.
T HalskiDepartment of Physiotherapy, Public Higher Professional Medical School in Opole, Katowicka Street 68, 40-060 Opole, Poland.
M KucharzewskiDepartment of Descriptive and Topographic Anatomy, Medical University of Silesia in Zabrze, Jordana Street 19, 41-808 Zabrze, Poland.
K WalewiczDepartment of Physiotherapy Basics, Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, Mikolowska Street 72, 40-065 Katowice, Poland.
A SmyklaDepartment of Physiotherapy Basics, Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, Mikolowska Street 72, 40-065 Katowice, Poland.
M OzonDepartment of Physiotherapy Basics, Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, Mikolowska Street 72, 40-065 Katowice, Poland.
L SlupskaDepartment of Physiotherapy, Public Higher Professional Medical School in Opole, Katowicka Street 68, 40-060 Opole, Poland ; Department of Physiotherapy, University of Medicine in Wroclaw, Grunwaldzka Street 2, 50-355 Wrocław, Poland.
R DymarekDepartment of Physiotherapy, Public Higher Professional Medical School in Opole, Katowicka Street 68, 40-060 Opole, Poland ; Department of Nervous System Diseases, University of Medicine in Wroclaw, Bartla Street 5, 51-618 Wrocław, Poland.
K PtaszkowskiDepartment of Physiotherapy, Public Higher Professional Medical School in Opole, Katowicka Street 68, 40-060 Opole, Poland ; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Medicine in Wroclaw, Bartla Street 5, 51-618 Wrocław, Poland.
J RajfurDepartment of Physiotherapy, Public Higher Professional Medical School in Opole, Katowicka Street 68, 40-060 Opole, Poland.
M PasternokDepartment of Physiotherapy, Public Higher Professional Medical School in Opole, Katowicka Street 68, 40-060 Opole, Poland.
Public Higher Medical Professional School in Opole · PLAcademy of Fine Arts in Katowice · PLMedical University of Silesia · PLUniversity of Wrocław · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the clinical efficacy and safety of NMES program applied in male soccer players (after ACL reconstruction) on the quadriceps muscle. The 80 participants (NMES = 40, control = 40) received an exercise program, including three sessions weekly. The individuals in NMES group additionally received neuromuscular electrical stimulation procedures on both right and left quadriceps (biphasic symmetric rectangular pulses, frequency of impulses: 2500 Hz, and train of pulses frequency: 50 Hz) three times daily (3 hours of break between treatments), 3 days a week, for one month. The tensometry, muscle circumference, and goniometry pendulum test (follow-up after 1 and 3 months) were applied. The results of this study show that NMES (in presented parameters in experiment) is useful for strengthening the quadriceps muscle in soccer athletes. There is an evidence of the benefit of the NMES in restoring quadriceps muscle mass and strength of soccer players. In our study the neuromuscular electrical stimulation appeared to be safe for biomechanics of knee joint. The pathological changes in knee function were not observed. This trial is registered with Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12613001168741.

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Plastic Surgery ProceduresAdultAthletesAustraliaElectric Stimulation TherapyHumansKnee JointMaleMuscle StrengthQuadriceps MuscleSoccer

Identifiers

PMID24381943
PMCPMC3870113
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