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ArticlePhysiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada

Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation for Treatment of Muscle Impairment: Critical Review and Recommendations for Clinical Practice.

Ethne L Nussbaum, Pamela Houghton, Joseph Anthony, Sandy Rennie, Barbara L Shay, Alison M Hoens

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Article in Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 90 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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90citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06516770 naactive not recruitingnot on this map

The Effects of Different Types of Stimulation on Movement Control and Motor Unit Behavior in Individuals With Lumbopelvic Movement Control Impairment

TypeinterventionalSponsorMahidol UniversityRan2024 to 2026Enrolled136ConditionsLow Back PainArmsTranscranial direct current stimulation, Neuromuscular electrical stimulation, Motor control exercise, Isometric exercise
NCT07321158 narecruitingnot on this map

The Effectiveness of High Versus Low Pulse Duration Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) in Patients With Upper Limb Pyramidal Tract-related Spasticity Measured by Neurophysiological Tools: A Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of West AtticaRan2026 to 2026Enrolled45ConditionsPyramidal Tract-related Spasticity, Upper Motor Neuron LesionArmsHigh Pulse Duration Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Group, Low Pulse Duration Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Group, Usual Care Group
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

90 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 200 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Impact of Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation on Multifidus Muscle Function in Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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30 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Ethne L NussbaumDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto.
Pamela HoughtonSchool of Physical Therapy, University of Western Ontario, London.
Joseph AnthonyDepartment of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Sandy RennieDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto.
Barbara L ShayDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Alison M HoensSchool of Physical Therapy, University of Western Ontario, London.
Western University · CAUniversity Health Network · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CAUniversity of Manitoba · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

critical careorthopaedicsphysical therapy modalitiesrehabilitationstroketherapeutic electrical stimulation

Identifiers

PMID29162949
PMCPMC5683854
OpenAlexW2771027414

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Registered trials

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.