ISSN Print 2500–1094
ISSN Online 2542–1204
BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF PIROGOV UNIVERSITY (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation as an alternative to physical exercise in patients with COPD
About authors
1 Department of In-Patient Care, Faculty of Pediatrics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow
2 Department of Pulmonology, Faculty of Continuing Professional Education, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow
3 Pletnev City Clinical Hospital, Moscow
Correspondence should be addressed: Tatiana V. Kunafina
Ostrovityanova 1, Moscow, 117997; ur.liam@70_anat
Received: 2018-05-19
Accepted: 2018-07-25
Published online: 2018-08-17
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Fig. 1. Factors promoting damage to muscle fibers (Abdulai R. M. et al., 2017.[15])
Fig. 2. Electromyography data on day 10 (comparison of two independent samples done using the Mann–Whitney U-test)
Fig. 3. Electromyography data on day 10 (comparison of two independent samples done using the Mann–Whitney U-test)
Table 1. Basic characteristics of the groups
Note: * — data are presented as Me (Q1; Q3); р marks statistical significance between the groups.
Table 2. Effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation in the main group and the controls
Note: * — data are presented as Me (Q1; Q3); р marks statistical significance between the groups.
