Compex offers ongoing support to scientific research and associated efforts and contributes actively to the advancement of the sector. See below for a selection of scientific publications we have compiled for you.
Analgesic
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) can reduce postoperative analgesic consumption. A meta-analysis with assessment of optimal treatment parameters for postoperative pain.
Electrical muscle stimulation as an adjunct to exercise therapy in the treatment of nonacute low back pain: a randomized trial.
A clinical study on physiological response in electroacupuncture analgesia and meperidine analgesia for colonoscopy.
Involvement of opioid peptides of the preoptic area during electroacupuncture analgesia.
Iontophoresis
The quantity and distribution of radiolabeled dexamethasone delivered to tissue by iontophoresis.
Physical enhancement of dermatologic drug delivery: iontophoresis and phonophoresis.
Denervated
Strength-duration curve: intrarater and interrater reliability.
Improved motor response due to chronic electrical stimulation of denervated tibialis anterior muscle in humans.
Effects of long-impulse electrical stimulation on atrophy and fibre type composition of chronically denervated fast rabbit muscle.
Electrical stimulation of denervated muscle: is it worthwhile?
Effects of long-impulse electrical stimulation on atrophy and fibre type composition of chronically denervated fast rabbit muscle.
Neuro Muscular Electro Stimulation / Other
Translation of the humeral head on the glenoid with passive glenohumeral motion.
The glenoid-labral socket. A constrained articular surface.
Bulk effect of rotator cuff on inferior glenohumeral stability as function of scapular inclination angle: a cadaver study.
Increased skin temperature during transcutaneous electrical stimulation.
Plasma beta-endorphin immunoreactivity: response to resistance exercise
[Hearing loss correction by endogenous opioid stimulation]
Electroacupuncture: mechanisms and clinical application.
Neuro Muscular Electro Stimulation / Chronic pain
Radioimmunoassay of beta-endorphin basal and stimulated levels in extracted rat plasma.
Plasma endorphin species during dynamic exercise in humans.
Neuro Muscular Electro Stimulation / Sport
Maximal voluntary quadriceps strength patterns in Olympic overtrained athletes.
Electrical stimulation and swimming performance.
Effect of electrical stimulation training on the contractile characteristics of the triceps surae muscle.
Oxygen consumption of chronically stimulated skeletal muscle.
Type II fiber activation with electrical stimulation: a preliminary report.
Human skeletal muscle: phasic type of electrical stimulation increases its contractile speed.
Electrical stimulation of quadriceps femoris in an elite weight lifter: a single subject experiment.
Improvement in isometric strength of the quadriceps femoris muscle after training with electrical stimulation.
Motor unit recruitment order during voluntary and electrically induced contractions in the tibialis anterior.
Force output and energy metabolism during neuromuscular electrical stimulation: a 31P-NMR study.
The effects of electromyostimulation training and basketball practice on muscle strength and jumping ability.
Re-examination of training effects by electrostimulation in the human elbow musculoskeletal system.
Activation of human plantar flexor muscles increases after electromyostimulation training.
Electrostimulation training effects on the physical performance of ice hockey players.
Electromyostimulation training effects on neural drive and muscle architecture.
Neuro Muscular Electro Stimulation / Potentiation
Posttetanic potentiation of human dorsiflexors.
Postactivation potentiation in endurance-trained male athletes.
Absence of myosin light chain phosphorylation and twitch potentiation in atrophied skeletal muscle.
Postactivation potentiation: role in human performance.
Neuro Muscular Electro Stimulation / Atrophy
Effects of electrical stimulation or voluntary contraction for strengthening the quadriceps femoris muscles in an aged male population.
Effects of electrical muscle stimulation combined with voluntary contractions after knee ligament surgery.
An in vivo analysis of the effect of transcutaneous electrical stimulation of the quadriceps and hamstrings on anterior cruciate ligament deformation.
Electrical stimulation of the thigh muscles after reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament. Effects of electrically elicited contraction of the quadriceps femoris and hamstring muscles on gait and on strength of the thigh muscles.
Electrical stimulation prevents immobilization atrophy in skeletal muscle of rabbits.
High intensity electrical stimulation effect on thigh musculature during immobilization for knee sprain. A case report.
Electrically elicited co-contraction of thigh musculature after anterior cruciate ligament surgery. A description and single-case experiment.
Prevention of quadriceps wasting after immobilization: an evaluation of the effect of electrical stimulation.
The effects of electrical stimulation on the quadriceps during postoperative knee immobilization.
Transcutaneous muscle stimulation to retard disuse atrophy after open meniscectomy.
Peripheral muscle strength training in bed-bound patients with COPD receiving mechanical ventilation: effect of electrical stimulation.
Effectiveness of electric stimulation of the vastus medialis muscle in the rehabilitation of patients after total knee arthroplasty.
Effect of low intensity electrical stimulation on quadriceps muscle voluntary maximal strength.
A home-based protocol of electrical muscle stimulation for quadriceps muscle strength in older adults with osteoarthritis of the knee.
Neuro Muscular Electro Stimulation / Vascular
Chronic muscle stimulation improves ischaemic muscle performance in patients with peripheral vascular disease.
Strength improvement of knee extensor muscles in patients with chronic heart failure by neuromuscular electrical stimulation.
A randomised study of home-based electrical stimulation of the legs and conventional bicycle exercise training for patients with chronic heart failure.
Electrical foot stimulation and implications for the prevention of venous thromboembolic disease.
Effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on foot/ankle volume during standing.
Chronic transcutaneous electrical stimulation of calf muscles improves functional capacity without inducing systemic inflammation in claudicants.
Beneficial effects of chronic low-frequency stimulation of thigh muscles in patients with advanced chronic heart failure.
New strategies to improve exercise tolerance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Neuro Muscular Electro Stimulation / Hemiplegia
Suppression of the human spinal H-reflex by propofol: a quantitative analysis.
Electrical stimulation of wrist and fingers for hemiplegic patients.
Improvement of gait following functional electrical stimulation. I. Investigations on changes in voluntary strength and proprioceptive reflexes.
Neuro Muscular Electro Stimulation / Incontinence
The neurophysiological basis of bladder inhibition in response to intravaginal electrical stimulation.
Intravaginal electrical stimulation. Clinical experiments on bladder inhibition.
Treatment of urinary stress incontinence by intravaginal electrical stimulation and pelvic floor physiotherapy.
Electrical stimulation. A physiologic approach to the treatment of urinary incontinence.
Advantages and pitfalls of functional electrical stimulation.
Patient selection criteria for treatment of urinary incontinence with pelvic floor stimulation.
Treatment of urinary stress incontinence by intravaginal electrical stimulation and pelvic floor physiotherapy.
Oedema
High-voltage pulsed direct current: effect on edema formation after hyperflexion injury.
Effect of anodal high voltage pulsed current on edema formation in frog hind limbs.
Effect of a single 30-minute treatment of high voltage pulsed current on oedema formation in frog hind limbs.
Miscellaneous
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation enhances fracture healing: results of an animal model.
The chronaxie time and its practical importance.
Relationship between blood radioimmunoreactive beta-endorphin and hand skin temperature during the electro-acupuncture induction of ovulation.
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