Abdominal Functional Electrical Stimulation

How it works

Benefits

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• Abdominal functional electrical stimulation applies neuromuscular electrical stimulation to abdominal wall muscles in synchrony with exhalation. — Randomised, sham-controlled, double-blinded, multicentre international trial to evaluate the efficacy of the Ventfree Respiratory Muscle Stimulator to assist ventilator weaning in critically ill patients: a study protocol of a randomised controlled trial
• Abdominal functional electrical stimulation does not require patient cooperation. — Randomised, sham-controlled, double-blinded, multicentre international trial to evaluate the efficacy of the Ventfree Respiratory Muscle Stimulator to assist ventilator weaning in critically ill patients: a study protocol of a randomised controlled trial
• Two pilot randomized trials of VentFree in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients found high treatment compliance and no serious device-related adverse events. — Randomised, sham-controlled, double-blinded, multicentre international trial to evaluate the efficacy of the Ventfree Respiratory Muscle Stimulator to assist ventilator weaning in critically ill patients: a study protocol of a randomised controlled trial
• Prior studies found that abdominal functional electrical stimulation can acutely improve respiratory function. — Randomised, sham-controlled, double-blinded, multicentre international trial to evaluate the efficacy of the Ventfree Respiratory Muscle Stimulator to assist ventilator weaning in critically ill patients: a study protocol of a randomised controlled trial