Efficacy of neuromuscular electrical stimulation for thoracic and abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Yuki Nakashima ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ynakashi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Division of Rehabilitation, Department of Clinical Practice and Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7838-9472

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• Daisuke Iwaki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Rehabilitation, Department of Clinical Practice and Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Neuromechanics, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Yuki Kataoka,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto Min-iren Asukai Hospital, Kyoto, Japan, Section of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Community Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine / Public Health, Kyoto, Japan

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• Takashi Ariie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences at Fukuoka, International University of Health and Welfare, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Shunsuke Taito,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Rehabilitation, Department of Clinical Practice and Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan

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• Yuichi Nishikawa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Frontier Engineering, Institute of Science & Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0088-8447

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• Naoki Mio,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Rehabilitation, Department of Clinical Practice and Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Yukio Mikami

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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