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NES

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-005749

A procedure in which small electric impulses are used to stimulate muscles that are weak or paralyzed. It helps to increase muscle strength, blood circulation, and range of motion and to lessen muscle spasms. Also called neuromuscular electrical stimulation, NMES, and therapeutic (subthreshold) electrical stimulation.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-005749
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Expansionsneuromuscular electrical stimulation; therapeutic (subthreshold) electrical stimulation
SynonymsNMES
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "references": [
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}

Record 11,725 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.