Effects of electrical muscle stimulation on physical function in frail older patients with acute heart failure: a randomized controlled trial

Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2022 May 27;29(8):e286-e288. doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwac022.

Shinya Tanaka¹, Kentaro Kamiya^{2

3}, Yuya Matsue^{4

5}, Ryusuke Yonezawa⁶, Hiroshi Saito^{4

7}, Nobuaki Hamazaki⁸, Ryota Matsuzawa⁹, Kohei Nozaki⁸, Masashi Yamashita^{3

10}, Kazuki Wakaume⁶, Yoshiko Endo⁷, Emi Maekawa¹¹, Minako Yamaoka-Tojo^{2

3}, Takaaki Shiono¹², Takayuki Inomata¹³, Junya Ako¹¹

¹ Department of Rehabilitation, Nagoya University Hospital, Aichi, Japan.
² Department of Rehabilitation, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0373, Japan.
³ Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan.
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
⁵ Cardiovascular Respiratory Sleep Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
⁶ Department of Rehabilitation, Kitasato University Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
⁷ Department of Rehabilitation, Kameda Medical Center, Chiba, Japan.
⁸ Department of Rehabilitation, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
⁹ Department of Physical Therapy, School of Rehabilitation, Hyogo University of Health Sciences, Kobe, Japan.
¹⁰ Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan.
¹¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
¹² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitasato University Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
¹³ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Niigata University School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan.

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