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Rehabilitation of Patients With COPD Using Electrical Muscle Stimulation

NCT01799330 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2020-09-28

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Summary

The two hypotheses to be tested in this study are that:

1. The administration of transcutaneous electrical muscle stimulation (TCEMS) after completion of conventional exercise training in pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) will result in further improvements in exercise tolerance, functional status and symptoms of patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) above those achieved in PR alone.
2. TCEMS can improve exercise tolerance, functional status and symptoms even among COPD patients who fail to make gains in exercise tolerance by participating in conventional PR due to their debilitation and/or marked cardio-respiratory impairment.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Transcutaneous Electrical Muscle Stimulation (TCEMS)

OTHER

Sham TCEMS

Patients randomized to Group 2 (Sham TCEMS) will receive the identical set-up for active TCEMS except they will receive a minimal electrical stimulus that does not produce a motor response

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Connecticut Healthcare System

    collaborator FED

  • Yale University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Carolyn L Rochester, MD · VA Connecticut Healthcare System/ Yale University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-12-31
Primary Completion
2014-05-08
Completion
2014-05-08

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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