Effect of Electrical Stimulation on a Muscle Fibre Model in the Presence of Adenosine Triphosphate

Nature ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 186 (4721) ◽  
pp. 318-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
MASAHIRO FUJINO ◽  
TATSUAKI MATSUSHIMA ◽  
TOMIZO MUROYA ◽  
HIDEYO YABU ◽  
SABURO YAMAGUCHI ◽  
...  
2014 ◽  
Vol 128 (6) ◽  
pp. 357-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlou L. Dirks ◽  
Dominique Hansen ◽  
Aimé Van Assche ◽  
Paul Dendale ◽  
Luc J. C. Van Loon

Patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), especially fully sedated patients, experience extensive muscle wasting. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation prevents muscle fibre atrophy in these critically ill comatose patients during 7 days of ICU stay, and possibly improves survival and subsequent rehabilitation.


Nature ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 206 (4988) ◽  
pp. 1050-1050 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. KUMAR ◽  
T. WAGATSUMA ◽  
ALLAN C. BARNES

2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 544-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eung-Kwon Pae ◽  
Jon-Philippe K. Hyatt ◽  
Jennifer Wu ◽  
Patricia Chien

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