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Effect of Tourniquet on Sensory Nerve Conduction Threshold (sNCT) and OxyNeuroGram (ONG) Index- A Volunteer Study

NCT01970839 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2017-03-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

There are a number of risk factors for development of chronic pain that have been evaluated including age, gender, type and duration of surgery, duration of pain prior to surgery and tourniquet application. There is some scientific evidence from animal studies demonstrating that prolonged tourniquet application can result in lack of oxygen supply to nerves, and subsequent nerve damage resulting in chronic pain. This theory has not been proven in humans. In this study the investigators will indirectly assess the evidence for abnormalities caused by tourniquet application on subjects' nerves using well established devices to determine the function of these nerves.

Conditions

  • Sensory Nerve Conduction
  • Oxyneurogram Index

Interventions

DEVICE

tourniquet, sensory nerve conduction abnormality

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Srini Pyati, MD · Duke University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-11-30
Primary Completion
2016-04-30
Completion
2016-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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