Luciana Vieira, Paulo Eugênio Silva, Priscilla Flavia de Melo, Vinicius Maldaner, Joao Q Durigan, Rita de Cassia Marqueti, Otavio Nobrega, Sunita Mathur, Chris Burtin, Fabrício Barin, Wilcelly Machado-Silva, Sergio Ramalho, Gaspar R Chiappa, Nadia Oliveira Gomes, Celso R F Carvalho, Graziella F B Cipriano, Gerson Cipriano
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of an early neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) protocol on muscle quality and size as well as signaling mediators of muscle growth and systemic inflammation in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). DESIGN: Two-arm, single-blinded, parallel-group, randomized, controlled trial with a blinded assessment. Setting . Trauma intensive care unit at a university hospital. Participants . Forty consecutive patients on mechanical ventilation (MV) secondary to TBI were prospectively recruited within the first 24 hours following admission...
2023: Critical Care Research and Practice