Effect of electrical muscle stimulation in critically ill patients : a randomized study

Effect of electrical muscle stimulation in critically ill patients : a randomized study - Effect of electrical muscle stimulation in critically ill patients

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000027054

Enrollment

Registered

2017-10-01

Start date

2017-07-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Critically ill patients

Interventions

Electrical muscle stimulation for 30 minutes/ day until day 5 after ICU admission. No electrical muscle stimulation in the ICU.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adult patients who were expected to be mechanically ventilated longer than 48 hours and to stay more than 5 days in the ICU.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1 systolic blood pressure < 80 mmHg with catecholamine 2 heart rate < 40/min or >140/min 3 pulse oximetry < 88% 4 primary neuromuscular disease

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The rate of the upper and lower limb muscle mass atrophy measured by ultrasonography in intensive care patients at day 1 and 5.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
MRC score, ICU-AW, IMS, amino acid in blood, ICU and ventilator-free days, length of admission in hospital.	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactNobuto Nakanishi

Tokushima University Graduate School Emergency and Critical Care medicine

nobuto_nakanishi@yahoo.co.jp088-633-9347

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026