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romuscular electrical stimulation (or NMES) is the process of sending small electrical impulses through the skin to the nerves and muscles below, causing an involuntary muscle contraction. These contractions actually strengthen the muscles being worked with and result in profound changes over time for the patient.
About a third of the patients with osteoarthritis get little or no exercise. This creates weakness in the muscles surrounding the joints and the arthritis becomes worse as pressure on the bones and connective tissue grows as the muscles around get less and less able to support weight. By using an electrical stimulator within an NMES protocol the muscles are able to experience the equivalent of exercise without creating stress on the joints.
A very useful aspect of NMES is that patients can actually learn to use the machine themselves to treat their osteoarthritis. A recent study (led by Dr. Laura Talbot from The Johns Hopkins University) involved giving patients a standard arthritis information as well as training in the NMES process and a machine they could use at home. They applied the NMES to themselves 3 time a week and after 12 weeks they were compared to patients that had received the same osteoarthritis training but no NMES information or machines. The results were staggering [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], with the NMES group showing improvement and the non-NMES group losing ground in both range of motion and chair rise time.
As such [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], several new studies are underway to determine the best ways to incorporate the small but mighty electrical stimulator in the treatment protocols for osteoarthritis patients. The fact that patients can treat themselves at home is a major part of the usefullness of NMES. With improvement in symptoms and abilities combined with no increased damage to the joints, NMES is a great new tool in the fight against arthritis.