Safety of neuromuscular electrical stimulation in patients implanted with cardioverter defibrillators

Kentaro Kamiya; Akira Satoh; Shinichi Niwano; Shinya Tanaka; Kazumasa Miida; Nobuaki Hamazaki; Emi Maekawa; Ryota Matsuzawa; Kohei Nozaki; Takashi Masuda; Junya Ako

doi:10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2015.11.006

Safety of neuromuscular electrical stimulation in patients implanted with cardioverter defibrillators

J Electrocardiol. 2016 Jan-Feb;49(1):99-101. doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2015.11.006. Epub 2015 Nov 23.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rehabilitation, Kitasato University Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan. Electronic address: k-kamiya@kitasato-u.ac.jp.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Sagamihara, Japan.
⁴ Department of Rehabilitation, Kitasato University Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan.
⁵ Department of Rehabilitation, Kitasato University Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Sagamihara, Japan.
⁶ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Sagamihara, Japan; Department of Rehabilitation, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan.

PMID: 26744169
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2015.11.006

Abstract

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is one of the few exercise modes that have been confirmed to be effective for advanced heart failure patients. Previous clinical trials that verified the effects of NMES excluded patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). We investigated whether NMES to leg muscles could be applied in heart failure patients implanted with ICDs. As a result, we found that NMES could be conducted without any instances of electromagnetic interference. NMES to leg muscles could be applied safely to ICD patients if the aforementioned common stimulation methods were used with sufficient monitoring during NMES.

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Artifacts*
Contraindications
Electric Stimulation Therapy*
Electrocardiography*
Equipment Failure
Equipment Failure Analysis
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation*