Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Plus Nutritional Counseling Attenuates Thigh Muscle Thickness Loss in Hospitalized Cancer Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

This study aimed to determine whether neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) combined with nutritional counseling promotes an increase in thigh muscle thickness (MT), as well as to assess changes in the relationship between MT and intracellular water (ICW). Body composition methods such as ultrasound may overestimate muscle mass, depending on the context, because they cannot distinguish the contractile protein component from body fluids, including intra- and extracellular water.

Methods

A pilot randomized parallel trial was conducted with 25 hospitalized patients with unselected cancer, who were divided into two groups: NMES + Diet and Diet. Both groups received nutritional counseling, but only one group received NMES. NMES was applied bilaterally to

SUBMITTER: Gomes TLN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12735726 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature