Skeletal muscle atrophy is associated with catabolic conditions such as major surgical interventions and leads to reduced muscle strength, increased clinical complications and prolonged convalescence. Several studies revealed immobilisation as a major stimulus for muscle wasting in severely ill patients. This study investigates the potency of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on skeletal muscle growth factors and degradation processes in major abdominal surgery patients.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
26
Electrical stimuli of 50 Hz (pulse width 0.25ms, 8 sec on, 4 sec off) were applied daily for 30 min, for 4 days, starting on the first postoperative day.The amplitude of the electrical stimuli in the stimulated leg was adjusted to ensure maximum tolerable muscle contraction.
Electrical stimuli of 50 Hz (pulse width 0.25ms, 8 sec on, 4 sec off) were applied daily for 30 min, for 4 days, starting on the first postoperative day. Current was increased until the patient could feel a tingling sensation but no muscle contraction was visible or palpable.
Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Social Medical Centre South
Vienna, Vienna, Austria
mRNA level of IGF-1Ea
mRNA level of MGF, total RNA content, total protein content, ubiquitin conjugated proteins, proteasome activity
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