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Kentaro Kamiya1, Akira Satoh2, Shinichi Niwano2
1Department of Rehabilitation, Kitasato University Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan.
Abstract:
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is one of the few exercise modes that have been confirmed to be effective for advanced heart failure patients. Previous clinical trials that verified the effects of NMES excluded patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). We investigated whether NMES to leg muscles could be applied in heart failure patients implanted with ICDs. As a result, we found that NMES could be conducted without any instances of electromagnetic interference. NMES to leg muscles could be applied safely to ICD patients if the aforementioned common stimulation methods were used with sufficient monitoring during NMES.
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