Electrical Muscle Stimulation Helps Knee Arthritis
(NY, Reuters Health, 7/24/03)

Dr. Laura Talbot of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and team, studied 34 patients who had osteoarthritis of the knee, a condition that results from "wear and tear" on the joint. The researchers divided the participants into 2 groups and gave all of the subjects typical arthritis instructions, but assigned only one of the groups to use a portable neuromuscular electrical stimulator (NMES) on their thigh muscles 3 days a week. The findings of the study showed that during the course of 12 weeks, knee strength for NMES patients improved, but it declined for the members of the control group.