The Los Angeles Times (9/21, Stein) "Booster Shots" blog reported, "The wasting away of muscle tissue can be a serious problem for people who are hospitalized and confined to bed due to a critical illness." But, a team at Johns Hopkins discovered, through meta-analysis, that "by putting patients through neuromuscular electrical stimulation and having them do simple exercises (some with the aid of devices), muscles can be shored up, speeding recuperation and getting people back on their feet." According to the paper published in Critical Care Medicine, the group also "developed a special walker that helps severely ill patients move around more easily, and with fewer helpers."
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