Clinical trials: Electric Muscle Stimulation
Healthy
Interhemispheric Plasticity in Humans
This study will determine how the brain controls movements by sending messages to the spinal cord and muscles. Researchers want to know if strengthening a hand muscle will increase the strength of the same muscle in the other…
- Trial name
- NCT00120666
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Tennis Elbow
Immediate Neurophysiological Effects of PENS on Radial Nerve in Patients With Lateral Epicondylalgia
Lateral epicondylalgia is a common musculoskeletal condition that approximately affects 1-3% of the general population. Several authors have found greater mechanical pain sensitivity in the radial nerve when compared with healthy…
- Trial name
- NCT04576195
- Testing
- Real PENS
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Stroke
Changes of Swallowing Function and Oropharyngeal Muscle Mass on Sonography After Comprehensive Swallowing Therapy and Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation in Stroke Patients With Dysphagia
1. The inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of sonography. 2. To explore that sonography is a clinically practical tool for assessing the changes of oropharyngeal muscles mass. 3.
- Trial name
- NCT04728737
- Testing
- swallowing therapy, IOPI therapy, neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) therapy
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Incontinence, Stress
Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation Programme for Women With Urinary Incontinence in a Peruvian Public Hospital
This study evaluates whether a 12-week pelvic floor rehabilitation programme improves urinary incontinence symptoms in adult women treated at Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, a public tertiary hospital in Lima, Peru.
- Conditions
- Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Incontinence, Stress, Urinary Incontinence, Urge, Mixed Urinary Incontinence
- Trial name
- NCT07858968
- Testing
- Supervised group pelvic floor muscle training, Individual physiatrist-led pelvic floor sessions
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 89 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins
Knee Osteoarthritis
Combined Application of Electrical Stimulation and Volitional Contractions for Muscle Strengthening and Knee Pain Inhibition (Seated Study)
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of a 12-week low-load neuromuscular electrical stimulation with volitional contraction (NMES-VC) training program to improve quadriceps strength and activation, while not…
- Trial name
- NCT02802878
- Testing
- Hybrid Training using Electrodes and Joint Motion Sensors, Isokinetic Training with Isokinetic Dynamometer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Photobiomodulation, Fatigue
Photobiomodulation Effects on Fatigue and Muscle Damage Induced by NMES
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is widely used to improve muscle strength and mitigate atrophy. However, its clinical efficacy is often limited by early neuromuscular fatigue, muscle damage, and discomfort, which…
- Conditions
- Photobiomodulation, Fatigue, Discomfort, Electrical Stimulation
- Trial name
- NCT07602933
- Testing
- Active Photobiomodulation, NMES-evoked fatigue protocol
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Muscle Weakness
Safety Evaluation of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) Cycling in Intensive Care Unit Patients
Intensive care unit acquired muscle weakness (ICUAW), is a common disease which influence rehabilitation, extend mechanical ventilation and length of stay in intensive care unit, and affect quality of life at hospital discharge.
- Trial name
- FES Cycling (NCT03526211)
- Testing
- FES cycling
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Low-frequency Electrical Muscle Stimulation vs Cycle Training During Haemodialysis
The purpose of the trial is to compare the effects of intra-dialytic low-frequency electrical muscle stimulation and intra-dialytic cycling, with usual care haemodialysis without exercise training.
- Trial name
- NCT02874521
- Testing
- Intra-dialytic LF-EMS, Intra-dialytic cycle training
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Fibromyalgia, Pain
"Using a Multisite TENS SysteM to Improve Fibromyalgia-related Symptoms.
Fibromyalgia is a debilitating pain condition that is characterized by the chronic occurrence of pain affecting the musculoskeletal system, a sensitivity to pressure stimuli, and a low threshold to noxious stimuli.
- Trial name
- EXOFIB3 (NCT06702176)
- Testing
- EXOPULSE MOLLII SUIT active
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Institut De La Colonne Vertebrale Et Des Neurosciences
Deglutition Disorder
Effect of Pre-emptive Transcutaneous Neuro-muscular Electrical Stimulation for Dysphagia in Long Term Intubated Patients
It was well known that long term intubation caused a various kind of abnormal presentations of dysphagia such as the increased aspiration risk, the decreased gag reflex, mucosal pathology, the airway stenosis and so on.
- Trial name
- NCT01202968
- Testing
- Transcutaneous neuro-muscular electrical stimulation
- Where
- South Korea
- Sponsor
- Ulsan University Hospital
Polyneuropathies, Septic Shock
Electrical Muscle Stimulation in the Development of Acquired Weakness in Patients With Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
The aim of this study is to compare the effect of EMS and conventional physical therapy on strength and muscle mass and development in adult patients with severe sepsis and septic shock.
- Conditions
- Polyneuropathies, Septic Shock, Muscle Weakness
- Trial name
- NCT03765489
- Testing
- electrical muscle stimulation, conventional physical therapy
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chile
Spinal Cord Injuries
The Effect of FES and Therapeutic Exercise on SCI Patients Skeletal Muscles, Sitting Balance, Posture and Quality of Life
Aim of the current study is to evaluate the effect functional electrical stimulation and therapeutic exercise on traumatic spinal cord injured participants'skeletal muscle characteristics, sitting balance, lung function and…
- Trial name
- NCT03517787
- Testing
- FES+TE, TE, REF-FES+TE
- Where
- Estonia
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tartu University Hospital
ICU Acquired Weakness
Safety and Efficacy of the MyokinE100 (CL-EMS Alpha) Device in Inducing Visible Muscle Contraction in Healthy Volunteers
Every patient admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is at risk of developing "Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness" (ICUAW).
- Trial name
- NCT06023511
- Testing
- Electrical muscle stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Health Discovery Labs
Cerebrovascular Accident
Botulinim Toxin Type A Injections by Different Guidance in Stroke Patients With Spasticity on Upper Extremities
The aims of this study were to compare the injection locations of key spastic muscles on upper extremity by three different guidance localization methods ( surface anatomy landmark, ultrasonography, electric stimulation) and the…
- Trial name
- NCT02557737
- Testing
- Botulinum Toxin Type A
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Prostate Cancer, Urinary Incontinence
The Efficacy of Pilates in the Recovery of Post-prostatectomy Urinary Incontinence
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy between a Pilates exercise program and a Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT) protocol combined with anal electrical stimulation (AES) in the recovery of urinary continence (UI)…
- Trial name
- NCT02086266
- Testing
- PILATES, PFMT and AES
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- Universidade Estadual de Londrina
Muscle Tone Abnormalities
Effectiveness of Two Stretching Techniques on Healthy Volunteers With Shortened Hamstrings
The main objective of this study is to compare the effect and the duration of the Neuromuscular Electrical Elongation (NMEE ) technique versus the PNF technique and versus a control group, on the extensibility of the hamstrings…
- Trial name
- NCT03084341
- Testing
- Neuromuscular Electrical Elongation, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad San Jorge
Intensive Care Unit, Muscle Weakness
Use of Neuromuscular Electrostimulation (NMES) for Treatment or Prevention of ICU-Associated Weakness
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether neuromuscular electrostimulation (NMES) will decrease ICU-associated weakness.
- Trial name
- NMES (NCT00709124)
- Testing
- Neuromuscular Electrostimulation (NMES) CareStim Muscle Stimulation Device (Care Rehab; McLean, VA)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Instability; Back
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation and Motor Control
Phase I, this study aims to:- 1. Establish intra- and inter-rater reliability and minimal detectable change of ultrasound imaging measurement 2.
- Trial name
- NCT03786627
- Testing
- Combined NMES and motor control
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mahidol University
Subacromial Impingement Syndrome
Effectiveness of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation in Patients With Subacromial Impingement Syndrome
Subacromial Impingement Syndrome (SIS) is one of the musculoskeletal system problems. SIS, which is the most common cause of shoulder pain, constitutes 44-65% of complaints of shoulder pain.
- Trial name
- NCT04667273
- Testing
- Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES), Exercise Training (ET)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Russian Current and Expiratory Muscle Training in COPD Patients
Respiratory muscles are essential to alveolar ventilation. In COPD, these muscles work against increased mechanical loads due to airflow limitation and geometrical changes of the thorax derived from pulmonary hyperinflation.
- Trial name
- NCT04704479
- Testing
- Russian current, EMT
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University