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Open Access 01-12-2014 | Erratum
Erratum to: The feasibility and acceptability of neuromuscular electrical stimulation to improve exercise performance in patients with advanced cancer: a pilot study
Published in: BMC Palliative Care | Issue 1/2014
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In the course of type-setting this article [1] for final publication the presentation of the data in Tables 1 and 2 was altered. To avoid any confusion and to improve the clarity of our results the corrected Tables are included here.
Table 1
Demographic and disease characteristics of patients who underwent full baseline assessment
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All subjects
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(N = 15)
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Completed
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Withdrawn
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(N = 10)
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(N = 5)
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P
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Mean (SD)
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Age
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(yrs)
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67.9 (9.4)
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67.6 (10.9)
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68.4 (6.3)
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0.88
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Body mass index
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(kg/m2)
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23.1 (4.6)
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23.7(4.9)
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22.1(4.2)
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0.52
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N (%)
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Sex
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M
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9 (60)
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4 (40)
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5 (100)
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F
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6 (40)
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6 (60)
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0 (0)
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0.04
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PS
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1
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2 (13)
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2 (20)
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0 (0)
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2
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6 (40)
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4 (40)
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2 (40)
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3
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7 (47)
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4 (40)
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3 (60)
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0.79
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Diagnosis
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Lung Cancer
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4 (27)
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3 (30)
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1 (20)
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GI cancer
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6 (40)
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2 (20)
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4 (80)
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Other
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5 (33)
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5 (50)
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0 (0)
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NA
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Cancer stage
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III
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1 (7)
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1 (10)
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0 (0)
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IV
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11 (73)
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6 (60)
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5 (100)
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NA
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3 (20)
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3 (30)
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0 (0)
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NA
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Chemotherapy
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Y
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10 (67)
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6 (60)
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4 (80)
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N
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5 (33)
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4 (40)
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1 (20)
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0.60
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Recent steroid use
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Y
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6 (40)
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4 (40)
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2 (40)
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N
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9 (60)
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6 (60)
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3 (60)
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1.00
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Table 2
Physical performance evaluation results at baseline and after 6 weeks of NMES intervention
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Baseline
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End of study
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All subjects
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(N = 15)
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Withdrawn
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Completed
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Completed
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(N = 5)
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(N = 10)
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Pa
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(N = 10)
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Difference
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Pb
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Number
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PS
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1
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0
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2
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0.79#
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4
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0.15#
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2
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2
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4
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4
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3
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3
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4
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2
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Mean (SD)
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6MWT
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m
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257(160)
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166 (138)
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303 (157)
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0.11
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282 (171)
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−21.1 (167.7)
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0.70
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%
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50.2 (32.2)
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31.0(24.6)
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59.8(32.2)
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0.08
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56.0(34.5)
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−3.8 (33.3)
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0.73
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STS
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s
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8.0(4.3)
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7.6 (3.4)
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8.2 (4.8)
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0.80
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7.0(3.3)
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−1.2 (3.4)
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0.30
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S-score
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2.6(2.4)
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2.2 (2.0)
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2.7 (2.2)
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0.69
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2.0(1.8)
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−0.7 (2.0)
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0.30
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