Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01825135
Electrical Stimulation to Strengthen Muscles in the Lower Legs in Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
Electrical Stimulation to Strengthen the Quadriceps Muscles in Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 57 (actual)
- Sponsor
- RML Specialty Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The primary aim of this proposal is to test the effectiveness of NMES in improving functional status and muscle function in patients requirng prolonged mechanical ventilation
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Neuromuscular electrical stimulation | |
| DEVICE | sham stimulation | sham stimulation will be applied to the quadriceps |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2011-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2014-10-01
- Completion
- 2016-08-01
- First posted
- 2013-04-05
- Last updated
- 2017-05-03
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01825135. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.