Evaluation on the Effect of Acupuncture and Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Mechanical Ventilation Patients

Exclusion Criteria

• •Inability to perform physical activities
• •long-term MV prior to admission
• •neurological comorbidities involving muscles
• •irreversible disorders with a 6-month mortality rate of\>50% according to Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHEII)
• •unsound limbs or unstable fractures
• •administration of glucocorticoids (prednisone or other corticosteroid dose equivalents\>20 mg/day) for at least 20 days prior to admission
• •cardiopulmonary resuscitation before admission to the ICU
• •radiotherapy or chemotherapy within the previous 6 months
• •presence of comorbidities, including acute myocarditis, deep venous thrombosis/embolism, and cerebrovascular accident
• •Patients with implanted pacemakers or defibrillators
• •Pregnancy and lactation patients
• •Patients with active bleeding or bleeding tendency
• •Skin infection or injury at the acupuncture site