The Effect of Neuromuscular Electrical Therapy on Pain in Patients With Venous Ulcers: a Controlled Clinical Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 4 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 20
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Pain
研究概览
简要总结
The use of neuromuscular electrical stimulation in the treatment of venous ulcers with difficulty of repair could be an alternative therapeutic favoring devitalized tissues and hence the pain.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on pain and area of venous ulcers in patients with venous insufficiency.
详细描述
The aim was to evaluate the effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on pain and area of venous ulcers in patients with venous insufficiency. In a simple-blind controlled clinical study, 20 subjects with venous ulcers with age over 50 years will be divided in two groups:neuromuscular electrical stimulation(n=10) and control group (n=10). Pain (by Visual Analogue Scale) and the ulcer area (by planimetry on graph paper and the software ImageJ ®) were measured.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 50 Years 至 85 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Subjects of both genders
- •aged over 50 years
- •sedentary and with clinical diagnosis of chronic venous insufficiency with ulcer in lower limbs will be included
排除标准
- •Subjects with pacemakers
- •uncontrolled hypertension
- •osteomyelitis and pain of unknown origin
- •unable to walk or make use of drugs that acted directly on the healing process will be excluded
结局指标
主要结局
Pain
时间窗: the subjects will be followed for a period of 4 weeks.
Pain assessment will be performed by the Visual Analogue Scale
次要结局
- ulcer area(the patients will be folloed for the 4-weeks.)
研究者
Silvia Valderramas
Silvia Valderramas
Faculdade Evangelica do Parana