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What is Muscle Stimulator Machine?

There are a variety of devices available that stimulate muscle contraction using electricity. These can be used by professional physiotherapists or rehabilitationists, or purchased for home use in order to build and tone muscle or delay atrophy.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Improve mobility 2 1 Efficacy_slight
General health 1 0
Fibromyalgia 1 0
Bladder problems 1 0

See all 6 patients currently using Muscle Stimulator Machine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Muscle Stimulator Machine

Back pain 1

Reported Schedules

  1hours as needed 24 hr all the time (24/7) 45minutes as needed 2 hr daily 20 min m,w,f 16 hr daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Muscle Stimulator Machine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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0
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Muscle Stimulator Machine

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 100%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Muscle Stimulator Machine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 100%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Muscle Stimulator Machine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 100%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on February 12, 2012.