NCT04276077

Electrical Muscle Stimulation on Muscle Stiffness and Functional Capacity in Post-menopausal Women

Effects of Different Electrical Muscle Stimulation on Muscle Stiffness and Functional Capacity in Post-menopausal Women

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 27 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad Complutense de Madrid · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study will be to determine the effects of different electrical muscle stimulation protocols on muscle stiffness and functional capacity in post-menopausal women. A randomized controlled clinical trial will be carried out. A total sample of 27 post-menopausal women will be recruited and divided into 3 groups which received high-frequency electrical muscle stimulation during 8 weeks, low-frequency electrical muscle stimulation during 8 weeks or no-intervention (control group). Outcome measurements will be stiffness assessed by sonoelastography and functional capacity assessed by the 30 seconds Chair-Stand Test before and after 8 weeks interventions.

Conditions

• Electric Stimulation Therapy
• Frailty
• Women

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	High-frequency electrical muscle stimulation training	High-frequency electrical muscle stimulation training with 50 Hertz during 8 weeks
OTHER	Low-frequency electrical muscle stimulation training	Low-frequency electrical muscle stimulation training with 10 Hertz during 8 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-02-18
• Primary completion: 2023-12-15
• Completion: 2023-12-30
• First posted: 2020-02-19
• Last updated: 2023-05-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain