Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT03254862
Different Stimulation Patterns to Reduce Muscle Fatigue During FES
Investigation of Different Stimulation Patterns to Reduce Muscle Fatigue During Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES)
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 4 (actual)
- Sponsor
- NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The main aim of this study is to investigate the effect of patterned distribution stimulation compared to conventional stimulation in reducing muscle fatigue during functional electrical stimulation (FES) following spinal cord injury (SCI).
Detailed description
Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is a commonly used technique in rehabilitation and often associated with rapid muscle fatigue which becomes the limiting factor in its applications. The main objective of this study is to investigate the effects on the onset of fatigue of conventional synchronous stimulation, as well as asynchronous stimulation that mimic voluntary muscle activation targeting different motor units which are activated sequentially or randomly via multiple pairs of stimulation electrodes. Three different approaches with various electrode configurations will be investigated, as well as different patterns of stimulation applied to the gastrocnemius muscle. In addition, the muscle changes during different patterns of stimulation will be evaluated in this study.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | CSS/AsynS | 16 sessions of training over a 4 week period consisting of repeated intermittent electrical stimulation (300ms On and 700ms Off stimulation) for 10 - 30 minutes. Conventional synchronous stimulation (CSS) on one leg; Asynchronous Sequential Stimulation (ASynS) on the other leg |
| PROCEDURE | CSS/AsynR | 16 sessions of training over a 4 week period consisting of repeated intermittent electrical stimulation (300ms On and 700ms Off stimulation) for 10 - 30 minutes. Conventional synchronous stimulation (CSS) on one leg; Asynchronous Random Stimulation (ASynR) on the other leg. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-08-14
- Primary completion
- 2018-06-30
- Completion
- 2018-06-30
- First posted
- 2017-08-21
- Last updated
- 2018-09-07
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom
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