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Effects of neuromuscular electrostimulation in patients with heart failure admitted to ward
Fecha
2012Registro en:
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY, LONDON, v. 7, n. 1,pp. 82-87, 42309, 2012
1749-8090
10.1186/1749-8090-7-124
Autor
Soares de Araujo, Carlos Jose
Goncalves, Fernanda Souza
Bittencourt, Hugo Souza
Santos, Noelia Goncalves dos
Mecca Junior, Sergio Vitor
Bandeira Neves, Julio Leal
Souza Fernandes, Andre Mauricio
Aras Junior, Roque
Farias Borges dos Reis, Francisco Jose
Guimaraes, Armenio Costa
Rodrigues Junior, Erenaldo de Souza
Carvalho, Vitor Oliveira
Institución
Resumen
Background: Neuromuscular electrostimulation has become a promising issue in cardiovascular rehabilitation. However there are few articles published in the literature regarding neuromuscular electrostimulation in patients with heart failure during hospital stay. Methods: This is a randomized controlled pilot trial that aimed to investigate the effect of neuromuscular electrostimulation in the walked distance by the six-minute walking test in 30 patients admitted to ward for heart failure treatment in a tertiary cardiology hospital. Patients in the intervention group performed a conventional rehabilitation and neuromuscular electrostimulation. Patients underwent 60 minutes of electrostimulation (wave frequency was 20 Hz, pulse duration of 20 us) two times a day for consecutive days until hospital discharge. Results: The walked distance in the six-minute walking test improved 75% in the electrostimulation group (from 379.7 +/- 43.5 to 372.9 +/- 46.9 meters to controls and from 372.9 +/- 62.4 to 500 +/- 68 meters to electrostimulation, p<0.001). On the other hand, the walked distance in the control group did not change. Conclusion: The neuromuscular electrostimulation group showed greater improvement in the walked distance in the six-minute walking test in patients admitted to ward for compensation of heart failure.