.... Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) represents an effective method to stimulate muscle protein synthesis and alleviate muscle disuse atrophy in healthy subjects. We investigated the efficacy of twice-daily NMES to alleviate muscle loss in six fully sedated ICU patients admitted for acute critical...

... atrophy, and was not accompanied by a decline in satellite cell content. disuse atrophy immobilization muscle stem cell myostatin quadriceps muscle • Muscle disuse leads to a considerable loss in skeletal muscle mass and strength. In the present study we investigated the potential...