Background: Biceps recovery is a critical determinant for treatment decision-making in patients with neonatal brachial plexus palsy (NBPP). One intervention used by therapists neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES), but its use remains controversial. This study’s aim was to determine the effect and safety of NMES on biceps function infants NBPP compared standard therapy.

OBJECTIVE To analyze the outcomes enabled by the neuromuscular electric stimulation in critically ill patients in intensive care unit assisted. METHODS A systematic review of the literature by means of clinical trials published between 2002 and 2012 in the databases LILACS, SciELO, MEDLINE and PEDro using the descriptors "intensive care unit", "physical therapy", "physiotherapy", "electric st...

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is typically used with older adults receiving rehabilitation therapies, but little is known about the stimulation patterns that maximize force output and minimize fatigue in this population. The purpose of this study was to apply variable patterns of stimulation to the thenar muscles of the hand in younger and older adults to determine if force produc...

474 February 2014 P OSTOPERATIVE residual curarization is common after the use of muscle relaxants and may compromise patient outcome after general anesthesia.1–3 The incidence of postoperative residual curarization can be reduced by adequate neuromuscular block reversal and quantitative neuromuscular monitoring.4,5 However, in patients with severe pathologies of the peripheral nervous system, ...

BACKGROUND The decline in voluntary muscle contraction during low-frequency nerve stimulation is used clinically to assess the type and degree of neuromuscular block. The mechanism underlying this depression is unknown. METHODS Simultaneous electrophysiological measurements of neurotransmitter release and prejunctional Ca currents were made at mouse neuromuscular junctions to evaluate the hyp...

[Purpose] This study aimed to examine the effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on masticatory muscle activation in elderly stroke patients. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects included 20 elderly patients diagnosed with stroke and 10 healthy elderly individuals. The neuromuscular electrical stimulation group received stimulation on the masseter muscle in the affected side for 30 min ...