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Cardiac Rehabilitation and Low Frequency Electrical MyoStimulation in Chronic Heart Failure

NCT01408875 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 94

Last updated 2015-03-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if addition of low frequency electro-myo-stimulation to cardiac rehabilitation is effective to improve exercise capacity and/or muscular strength in chronic heart failure patients.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Low electrical myostimulation

The group of patients randomized for additional EMS will have 20 sessions of 1 hour electrical quadricipital myostimulation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gulf Estuarine Research Society (GERS)

    collaborator OTHER

  • Bourgogne Association of Cardiology

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Ile-de-France Association of Cardiology

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • French Cardiology Society

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marie Christine Iliou, MD · Hôpital Corentin Celton

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-10-31
Primary Completion
2013-12-31
Completion
2014-01-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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Diseases

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