Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01862393
Stimulus Phase Duration on Discomfort and Electrically Induced Torque of Quadriceps Femoris
The Influence of Stimulus Phase Duration on Discomfort and Electrically Induced Torque of Quadriceps Femoris
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 38 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years – 35 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
This study aims to examine the variation in muscle torque and discomfort produced when electrically stimulating quadriceps femoris using pulsed current with three different phase durations in order to establish whether there are any advantages or disadvantages in varying the phase duration over the range examined.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | 400 microseconds | Neuromuscular electrical stimulation with stimulus phase duration of 400 microseconds |
| DEVICE | 700 microseconds | Neuromuscular electrical stimulation with stimulus phase duration of 700 microseconds |
| DEVICE | 1000 microseconds | Neuromuscular electrical stimulation with stimulus phase duration of 1000 microseconds |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2008-08-01
- Primary completion
- 2008-12-01
- Completion
- 2008-12-01
- First posted
- 2013-05-24
- Last updated
- 2016-09-01
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Brazil
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01862393. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.