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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN12394749
ISRCTN12394749
Active, not recruiting
未知

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for post-sternotomy pain

niversity of Malta0 sites90 target enrollmentSeptember 11, 2021

Overview

Phase
未知
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
niversity of Malta
Enrollment
90
Status
Active, not recruiting
Last Updated
4 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
September 11, 2021
End Date
March 31, 2023
Last Updated
4 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity of Malta

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Patients above the age of 18 years
  • 2\. Both male and female patients
  • 3\. Elective cardiac surgery via longitudinal median sternotomy
  • 4\. Consenting to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Previous history of chronic pain, drug or alcohol abuse
  • 2\. Pre\-operative use of narcotics (except for standard protocol pre\-operative morphine administered prior to the surgery in question)
  • 3\. Pre\-operative use of TENS
  • 4\. Pre\-operative shoulder pain or decrease in shoulder ROM
  • 5\. Cancer or metastatic disease
  • 6\. Patients with a pacemaker
  • 7\. Pregnancy
  • 8\. Epilepsy
  • 9\. Surgeon reported cognitive impairments
  • 10\. Previous sternotomy procedures

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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