Does neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the proximal leg muscles improve leg muscle endurance, exercise endurance and activity levels in people with lung cancer?
Completed
- Conditions
- Cancer: LungCancerLung
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN86814835
- Lead Sponsor
- Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2006 Update - Department of Health
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 16
Inclusion Criteria
16 people with non-small cell cancer and an East Oncology Group (EOG) performance status of 0 to 1 and who have lost less than 10% of their normal body weight.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Pain or pathology limiting walking ability for the shuttle walking tests or limiting leg exercise on the cybex machine
2. History of ischaemic heart disease
3. Radiotherapy or chemotherapy in the previous 4 weeks as this may increase fatigue
4. Presence of a pacemaker - because the NMES device delivers a small electrical current, it is possible that this will interfere with the functioning of the pacemaker
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
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