We included studies examining a program of IMT (≥ one-week treatment) offered as a sole intervention or as an adjuvant to another form of exercise. Interventions could be compared to either an inactive control (e.g., no treatment, placebo, or sham NMES) or an active control such as an alternative form of exercise. A placebo intervention was defined as a treatment group in which an identical IMT, but without resistance or with minimum resistance. A control intervention was defined as either no treatment (non-active) or another treatment modality (active control), not including IMT protocol.
Author(s) Details:
Rafael Pena,
Graduate Program in Human Movement and Rehabilitation, Evangelical University of Goias, Brazil.
Francisco V. Santos,
Cancer Institute of São Paulo, Intensive Care Unit, São Paulo, Brazil.
Graziella F. B. Cipriano,
Physical Therapy Department, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil.
Gerson Cipriano Jr.,
Physical Therapy Department, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil.
Adriana M. Güntzel Chiappa,
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Lawrence Patrick Cahalin,
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Coral Gables, Florida, USA.
Gaspar R. Chiappa,
Graduate Program in Human Movement and Rehabilitation, Evangelical University of Goias, Brazil.
