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From: Neuromuscular electrical stimulation in critically ill traumatic brain injury patients attenuates muscle atrophy, neurophysiological disorders, and weakness: a randomized controlled trial

Fig. 3

Effect of bed rest time and NMES on neuromuscular electrophysiology. The left graphs (a and c) show neuromuscular electrophysiology of the tibialis anterior assessed by the stimulus electrodiagnosis test. On the right side (b and d), the rectus femoris neuromuscular electrophysiology is presented, assessed with the same test. μs: microseconds; NED: neuromuscular electrophysiological disorder. *: statistically significant time x group effect on highlighted day. This effect was analyzed by repeated measures two-way ANOVA. #: statistically significant differences between groups in the NED incidence analyzed by the Fisher’s Exact test. The presence of NED was categorically defined once chronaxie ≥1000 μs. An intention-to-treat analysis was performed for all randomized participants

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Journal of Intensive Care

ISSN: 2052-0492