NCT01226342

Transcutaneous Electrical Muscle Stimulation In Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Transcutaneous Electrical Muscle Stimulation in Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 19 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University Clinic of Pulmonary and Allergic Diseases Golnik · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 35 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Transcutaneous electrical muscle stimulation (TCEMS) is well established intervention for rehabilitation of clinically stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The investigators have conceived this study to test whether TCEMS is feasible and tolerated by patients experiencing severe physical and psychical challenge of acutely exacerbated COPD.

Conditions

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Transcutaneous electrical muscle stimulation	On the first hospitalization day patients received lower extremity TCEMS. We used GymnaUniphy device (GymnaUniphy N.V., 2004, 3740 Bilzen, Belgium) with four surface patch electrodes applied over each lower extremity quadriceps muscle. Patients were in the supine position and were advised to relax during sessions. A prespecified program for lower extremity strength training in sessions of 25 minutes, twice a day (first training in the morning, second in the afternoon, with minimal time difference of 6 hours) was performed six days per week during the hospitalization.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-01-01
• Primary completion: 2009-06-01
• Completion: 2009-10-01
• First posted: 2010-10-22
• Last updated: 2013-04-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Slovenia