2026 / 03

DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2026.021
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Effect of electromyostimulation on abdominal wall muscle activity and strength after separation hernioplasty (component separation technique)

Demin NA1,2 , Achkasov EE1 , Polyaev BA2 , Shishkin AA2 , Medvedeva AI3 , Ostanin OE2
About authors

1 Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia

2 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (Pirogov University), Moscow, Russia

3 Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Oleg E. Ostanin
Nikitina, 20, Moscow, 108811, Russia. ur.xednay@1102gelo.ninatso

About paper

Author contribution: Demin NA — study design, data collection, text authoring; Achkasov EE — research supervision, expert control, editing; Polyaev BA — expert control, editing; Shishkin AA — statistical data processing; Medvedeva AI — clinical data collection, text authoring; Ostanin OE — clinical data collection, statistical processing.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Sechenov Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Minutes No. 08-19 of June 05, 2019), and conducted in accordance with the 2013 Declaration of Helsinki. All patients signed a voluntary informed consent to participate in the study.

Received: 2026-03-29 Accepted: 2026-04-28 Published online: 2026-05-13
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