Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00442728
The Effect of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
on Muscle Wasting in Artificially Ventilated and Sedated Patients at the Intensive Care Unit: a Pilot Study
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 21 (planned)
- Sponsor
- Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 50 Years – 75 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on muscle atrophy in sedated patients on intensive care was studied. The aim of this study was to explore if electrical stimulation could prevent muscle atrophy.
Detailed description
Patients were included in the study one day after administration when prolonged sedation and ventilation were expected. They were divided into intervention (n=7) and control (n=14) groups. For the intervention group, an intermittent neuromuscular electrical stimulation was applied daily for 30 minutes on the right thigh whereas the left thigh was used as a control. Heart rate, respiration rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure and oxygen saturation were monitored before, during and after the electrostimulation. Perimeter of the right and left thighs was measured in both groups every 3 days at 5 cm above the upper edge of the kneecap.
Conditions
- Postoperative Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Ventilatory Failure
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | ELECTRICAL STIMULATION |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2003-01-01
- Completion
- 2003-06-01
- First posted
- 2007-03-02
- Last updated
- 2007-03-02
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Belgium
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00442728. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.