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| Title |
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation for muscle weakness in adults with advanced disease
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.1002/14651858.cd009419.pub2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Maddocks M, Gao W, Higginson IJ, Wilcock A, Maddocks, Matthew, Gao, Wei, Higginson, Irene J, Wilcock, Andrew |
| Abstract |
Patients with progressive diseases often experience muscle weakness, which impacts adversely on levels of independence and quality of life. In those who are unable or unwilling to undertake traditional forms of exercise, neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) may provide an alternative method of enhancing leg muscle strength. Programmes appear to be well tolerated and have led to improvements in muscle function, exercise capacity and quality of life. However, estimates regarding the effectiveness of NMES from individual studies lack power and precision. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 14 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 29% |
| Spain | 2 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 7% |
| Australia | 1 | 7% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 5 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 50% |
| Scientists | 3 | 21% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 14% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 232 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 2 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 226 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 38 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 32 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 20 | 9% |
| Researcher | 18 | 8% |
| Other | 41 | 18% |
| Unknown | 57 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 75 | 32% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 44 | 19% |
| Sports and Recreations | 16 | 7% |
| Engineering | 6 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 22 | 9% |
| Unknown | 64 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 September 2016.
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#40,856
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Altmetric has tracked 25,806,763 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 83rd percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 13,140 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 35.9. This one is in the 49th percentile – i.e., 49% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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