Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01521637
The Efficacy of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation to Attenuate Muscle Loss
The Efficacy of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation to Attenuate Skeletal Muscle Loss in ICU Patients
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 15 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Hasselt University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Male
- Age
- 18 Years – 80 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Subjects who are hospitalized in the ICU will be included after 24 hours of intubation during their ICU stay. Twice-daily Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) will be performed on one leg for 2x40 min per day to assess muscle fiber size. The investigators hypothesize an attenuated loss in muscle fiber size.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation of m. quadriceps femoris | Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation of m. quadriceps femoris by using a commercially available muscle stimulator |
| PROCEDURE | Sham-treatment: no NMES | Sham comparator |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2012-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2015-04-01
- First posted
- 2012-01-31
- Last updated
- 2015-08-19
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Belgium
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01521637. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.