Effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on the recovery of people with COVID-19 admitted to the intensive care unit: A narrative review

Effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on the recovery of people with COVID-19 admitted to the intensive care unit: A narrative review

The rehabilitation of patients with COVID-19 after prolonged treatment in the intensive care unit is often complex and challenging. Patients may develop a myriad of long-term multiorgan impairments, affecting the respiratory, cardiac, neurological, digestive and musculoskeletal systems. Skeletal mus...

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Main Authors: Louise C. Burgess, Lalitha Venugopalan, James Badger, Tamsyn Street, Gad Alon, Jonathan C. Jarvis, Thomas W. Wainwright, Tamara Everington, Paul Taylor, Ian D. Swain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Foundation for Rehabilitation Information 2021-03-01
Series:Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
Subjects:
critical care
rehabilitation
neuromuscular electrical stimulation
muscular atrophy
coronavirus infection
covid-19.
Online Access: https://www.medicaljournals.se/jrm/content/html/10.2340/16501977-2805

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