Effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on functional exercise capacity in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: A randomized clinical trial.
Telma Cristina Fontes CerqueiraManoel Luiz de Cerqueira NetoLucas de Assis Pereira CacauAmaro Afrânio de Araújo FilhoGéssica Uruga OliveiraWalderi Monteiro da Silva JúniorVitor Oliveira CarvalhoJosé Teles de MendonçaValter Joviniano de Santana FilhoPublished in: Clinical rehabilitation (2021)
Although the effects are still uncertain, the use of neuromuscular electrical stimulation carried out in five days didn't present any benefit on functional capacity of patients in the immediate postoperative period of cardiac surgery.