Tolerance to Electrostimulation in COPD Patients

NCT00809120 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2010-06-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study was designed to test the following hypothesis

Patients with high cardio-respiratory response to electrostimulation (ES), high perception of pain during ES and high ES-induced muscle fatigue, have low tolerance to ES (more difficulties to increase intensity during training).

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Neuromuscular Electrical stimulator (Cefar rehab 4 pro)

50Hz 30 min 7 sessions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Laval University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-12-31
Primary Completion
2009-08-31
Completion
2009-08-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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