Silva, Paulo Eugênio http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9153-0848
Martins, Henrique Resende http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4879-1345
de Deus Macedo, José Roberto http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8239-6496
de Queiroz, Alessandra Vasconcelos
Ultra de Aguiar, Agda
Martins, Emerson Fachin http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9858-9009
Article History
Received: 11 April 2023
Accepted: 26 September 2023
First Online: 6 October 2023
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the amended Declaration of Helsinki. Local institutional review boards approved the protocol (IHBDF, Brasília, Brazil, protocol number 3.629.265).
: Participants in the control group signed the informed consent form, and the consent form of participants in the critically ill group was signed by their legal guardian.
: This manuscript has not been published elsewhere and is not under consideration by another journal.
: The authors PES and HRM have patents in neuromuscular electrical stimulation as inventors. They also have equity in Visuri SA and serve as scientific advisors. The remaining authors have no relevant conflicts to disclose.