The Effect of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) on the Renal Function and Renal Blood Flow

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Renal Injury
• Interventions: Procedure: routine hospital care without NMES; Procedure: neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in addition to routine hospital care

• Registration Number: NCT04580329
• Lead Sponsor: Ahmed talaat ahmed aly

Brief Summary

A randomized prospective controlled study aims to evaluate the effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on the renal function and renal blood flow of post partum women with acute kidney injury.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-09-30
• Status Verified: 2020-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-10-06
• Study First Posted: 2020-10-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-10-12
• Last Update Posted: 2020-10-14
• Study Start: 2020-10-15
• Primary Completion: 2020-11-01
• Study Completion: 2020-11-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients aged 18 or old and hemodynamically stable.
• Post-partum women who developed AKI.

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnant women .
• Patients who required any emergency or elective surgery during the study; those who presented acute heart or lung disease, skin rashes, tumors, infections, diabetes mellitus or hypoesthesia in the region that the neuromuscular electrical stimulation would be applied.
• Patients with a Pacemaker.
• Epileptic Patients.
• Patients with recent effects of stroke (less than 3 months).
• Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure > 230 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure > 120 mm Hg).

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
control group	routine hospital care without NMES	-
NMES group	neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in addition to routine hospital care	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
renal function change	for 7 days	serum creatinine level will be assessed and it will show improvement
renal blood flow change	for 7 days	urine output will be assessed and it will show improvement

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ahmed Talaat Ahmed; 🇪🇬 Assiut, Egypt