Effect of footplate neuromuscular electrical stimulation on functional and quality-of-life parameters in patients with peripheral artery disease: pilot, and subsequent randomized clinical trial.
CONCLUSION: Footplate NMES significantly improved walking distance in patients with intermittent claudication when used independently and also as an adjunct to supervised exercise. Registration number: trial 1, NCT02436200; trial 2, NCT02429310 (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov).
PMID: 31912491 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Babber A, Ravikumar R, Onida S, Lane TRA, Davies AH Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: research
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