Surface neuromuscular electrical stimulation for quadriceps strengthening pre and post total knee replacement

Patient or population: for quadriceps strengthening pre and post total knee replacement
Settings: Any
Intervention: Surface neuromuscular electrical stimulation

Function
Scales: Timed up and go test, Functional stair test and Nottingham health profile
Follow‐up: 3 to 12 weeks¹

Not estimable

0
(2 studies²)

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Data not presented in a format to allow meta‐analysis to be carried out

Patient Satisfaction ‐ not measured

Not estimable

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Not measured

Pain ‐ not measured

Not estimable

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Not measured

Quadriceps strength

Not estimable

0
(2 studies²)

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Data not presented in a format to allow meta‐analysis to be carried out

Quadriceps activation

Not estimable

34
(1 study)

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Data not presented in a format to allow meta‐analysis to be carried out

Adverse effects ‐ burns, skin damage, or cardiac arrhythmias ‐ not measured

Not estimable

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Not measured

*The basis for the assumed risk (e.g. the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI).
CI: Confidence interval;

GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect.
Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate.
Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate.
Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate.