Electrostimulation of the skeletal muscles in sanatorium rehabilitation of patients with myocardial infarction

Abstract Passive physical training with ESMA device was used in rehabilitation of 81 men with complicated myocardial infarction treated in sanatorium Taraskul. The training had no negative clinical and hemodynamic reactions, increased exercise tolerance, reduced volume of heart chambers, aggravated neither arrhythmia nor autonomic imbalance. This method of physical training is recommended if standard rehabilitative programs are impossible.