ArticlePhysical therapy research2024
Effects of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation for Quadriceps Muscle Thickness and Lower Extremity Motor Score in Individuals with Subacute Incomplete Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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- Consensus statement on the use of standardized early mobilization in pediatric patients admitted to pediatric intensive care units in Italy.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Review
- Effects of postoperative electrical stimulation on quadriceps muscular atrophy in patients with incomplete cervical spinal cord injury. A retrospective study.Frontiers in neurologyArticle
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Abstract
objectiveIn this study, we aimed to determine the effects of 2-week neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) on quadriceps muscle atrophy and lower extremity motor score in individuals with subacute incomplete cervical spinal cord injury (SCI).
methodsThis stratified randomized controlled trial, conducted in the advanced critical care center of a university hospital, comprised 49 individuals with American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) impairment scale grade C and D incomplete cervical SCI. The participants were stratified based on the ASIA impairment scale grade and randomly assigned to the control (n = 25) or NMES (n = 24) group. The control group participants received only conventional rehabilitation; the NMES group participants received conventional rehabilitation plus NMES in the quadriceps muscles of both lower limbs. The primary endpoints were quadriceps muscle thickness and L3 ASIA lower extremity motor score (L3 motor score), measured at the study's initiation and after 2 weeks.
resultsThe quadriceps muscle thickness changes on the stronger and weaker sides were -14.2% ± 11.3% and -15.1% ± 13.8%, respectively, in the NMES group and -25.7% ± 16.8% and -26.0% ± 13.3%, respectively, in the control group, indicating significantly lesser reduction on both sides in the NMES group (
conclusionsFor subacute incomplete cervical SCI, 2 weeks of NMES reduces quadriceps muscle atrophy and improves the L3 motor score values on the weaker side compared with standard treatment.
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