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Neuromuscular Electrical Therapy in Venous Ulcers

NCT01372020 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2013-12-24

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Summary

The use of neuromuscular electrical stimulation in the treatment of venous ulcers with difficulty of repair could be an alternative therapeutic favoring devitalized tissues and hence the pain.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on pain and area of venous ulcers in patients with venous insufficiency.

Conditions

  • Chronic Venous Insufficiency

Interventions

OTHER

neuromuscular electrical stimulation

The application technique used will be bipolar, with electrodes of the type metal-tipped pen. The electrodes will be placed at the outer edges of the ulcer, on opposite sides of the same and the estimated time of 1 minute at each point. All the edge of the ulcer will be bypassed, thereby separating the injections every 1 cm, returning to the starting point at the end of the application. To ensure that the entire edge of the ulcer to receive the stimulation, the end points of the application, the application will be made for another minute sliding the pen around the whole edge. Thus the application time will be directly proportional to the ulcer area. The subjects will be received 10 applications, three times a week for a period of 4 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Faculdade Evangelica do Parana

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Korelo Raciele, M.sC · Facukdade Dom Bosco

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-02-28
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2011-11-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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