TY - JOUR AU - Gerovasili, Vasiliki AU - Stefanidis, Konstantinos AU - Vitzilaios, Konstantinos AU - Karatzanos, Eleftherios AU - Politis, Panagiotis AU - Koroneos, Apostolos AU - Chatzimichail, Aikaterini AU - Routsi, Christina AU - Roussos, Charis AU - Nanas, Serafim PY - 2009 DA - 2009/10/08 TI - Electrical muscle stimulation preserves the muscle mass of critically ill patients: a randomized study JO - Critical Care SP - R161 VL - 13 IS - 5 AB - Critically ill patients are characterized by increased loss of muscle mass, partially attributed to sepsis and multiple organ failure, as well as immobilization. Recent studies have shown that electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) may be an alternative to active exercise in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic heart failure (CHF) patients with myopathy. The aim of our study was to investigate the EMS effects on muscle mass preservation of critically ill patients with the use of ultrasonography (US). SN - 1364-8535 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/cc8123 DO - 10.1186/cc8123 ID - Gerovasili2009 ER -