Whole-Body Electrical Stimulation in Patients Undergoing Lung Transplantation

This study aims to evaluate the effects of whole-body electrical stimulation (WB-EMS) in the rehabilitation of patients undergoing lung transplantation. This is a randomized clinical trial with patients from the inpatient unit of Dom Vicente Scherer Hospital of Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia from Porto Alegre (ISCMPA) who will be allocated to a control group (which will receive physiotherapy from routine) or intervention group (which will receive physiotherapy from routine and WB-EMS). Interventions with WB-EMS will occur every day from the moment of extubation until hospital discharge (15 sessions per patient). Assessments will be carried out pre-lung transplantation, after extubation, during intervention protocols and at the time of hospital discharge.