A prospective randomized clinical trial of patients undergoing bariatric surgery. Patients were randomly assigned into 3 groups: those patients undergoing percutaneous electrostimulation (PENS) of the pectoral muscle combined with specific training (Group 1), those patients doing the specific training alone (Group 2) and those patients without any specific treatment (Group 3). The assigned treatment began 15 days after surgery and was maintained during 12 weeks.
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Satisfaction degree. 7-points Likert scale was used for the quantification.
Timeframe: 12 weeks of treatment