Effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation of muscles of ambulation in patients with chronic heart failure or COPD: a systematic review of the English-language …

MJH Sillen, CM Speksnijder, RMA Eterman… - Chest, 2009 - Elsevier
Introduction Despite optimal drug treatment, many patients with congestive heart failure (CHF)
or COPD still experience disabling dyspnea, fatigue, and exercise intolerance. They also …

New normative values for handgrip strength: results from the UK Biobank

MA Spruit, MJH Sillen, MTJ Groenen… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objectives To develop normative values for right and left handgrip strength after stratification
for confounders like gender, age, and height. Design Cross-sectional, descriptive. Setting …

Efficacy of lower-limb muscle training modalities in severely dyspnoeic individuals with COPD and quadriceps muscle weakness: results from the DICES trial

MJH Sillen, FME Franssen, JML Delbressine, AW Vaes… - Thorax, 2014 - thorax.bmj.com
Rationale Strength training and neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) improve lower-limb
muscle function in dyspnoeic individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (…

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic and structural changes in lower-limb skeletal muscle following neuromuscular electrical stimulation: a systematic review

MJH Sillen, FME Franssen, HR Gosker, EFM Wouters… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) can be applied
as a complementary intervention to regular exercise training programs. A distinction can be …

Changes in lower limb muscle function and muscle mass following exercise-based interventions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a review of …

…, FME Franssen, W Derave, MJH Sillen… - Chronic Respiratory …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients often experience lower limb muscle
dysfunction and wasting. Exercise-based training has potential to improve muscle function …

An update on pulmonary rehabilitation techniques for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

…, M Koopman, WY Liu, MJ Sillen… - Expert review of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is one of the core components in the management
of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In order to achieve the …

[HTML][HTML] The metabolic response during resistance training and neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in patients with COPD, a pilot study

MJH Sillen, PP Janssen, MA Akkermans… - Respiratory …, 2008 - Elsevier
Resistance training and transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) are
new modalities in rehabilitation of severely disabled patients with chronic obstructive …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic load during strength training or NMES in individuals with COPD: results from the DICEStrial

MJH Sillen, FME Franssen, AW Vaes… - BMC pulmonary …, 2014 - Springer
Background Strength training and neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) are effective
training modalities for improving muscle function, exercise performance and health status in …

Oxygen uptake, ventilation, and symptoms during low-frequency versus high-frequency NMES in COPD: a pilot study

MJH Sillen, EFM Wouters, FME Franssen, K Meijer… - Lung, 2011 - Springer
Transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) involves the application of an
electrical current through electrodes placed on the skin over the targeted muscles. During …

[HTML][HTML] Validation of the oxycon mobile metabolic system in healthy subjects

MA Akkermans, MJH Sillen, EFM Wouters… - Journal of sports …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Oxygen uptake (VO2) and carbon dioxide production (VCO2) are commonly measured
under laboratory conditions by using automated metabolic gas analysis systems (Macfarlane, …