NCT01930643

Electric Muscle Stimulation for Patients With Chronic Respiratory Failure

Effect of Electric Muscle Stimulation on Patients With Chronic Respiratory Failure

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 13 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mackay Memorial Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Background: After mechanical ventilation, 5-20% of patients with acute respiratory failure would depend on ventilator support more than 14 days because of critical-illness weakness and their underlying diseases such as heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Hypothesis: Electric muscle stimulation(EMS) will improve their muscle strength and shorten their ventilator days. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Adult patients with mechanical ventilation more than 14 days are eligible. EMS would be applied in experimental group 32 minutes/day on their bilateral thigh.

Detailed description

Randomized controlled trial involves the adult patients with invasive mechanical ventilation more than 14 days. The participants were not eligible for active rehabilitation because of drowisness or weakness(Medical Research Council (MRC) Scale for Muscle Strength≦ Grade 3). EMS would be applied in experimental group 32 minutes/day on their bilateral thigh(quadriceps muscle).

Conditions

• Chronic Respiratory Failure
• Critical Illness Myopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	EMS	HELEX 573 : strength aggravation mode with middle frequency carrier(1500Hz), minimal voltage for visible muscle contraction(maximum output is 75mA) , 32 minutes per day.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-08-21
• Primary completion: 2015-06-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2013-08-29
• Last updated: 2019-07-08
• Results posted: 2019-07-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan