ISSN Print 2500–1094
ISSN Online 2542–1204
Bulletin of RSMU
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.
