Chronic Venous Insufficiency
Conditions
Keywords
Varicose ulcer, wound healing, electrical stimulation
Brief summary
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.
Detailed description
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.
Interventions
OTHERneuromuscular electrical stimulation
The application technique used will be bipolar, with electrodes of the type metal-tipped pen. The electrodes will be placed at the outer edges of the ulcer, on opposite sides of the same and the estimated time of 1 minute at each point. All the edge of the ulcer will be bypassed, thereby separating the injections every 1 cm, returning to the starting point at the end of the application. To ensure that the entire edge of the ulcer to receive the stimulation, the end points of the application, the application will be made for another minute sliding the pen around the whole edge. Thus the application time will be directly proportional to the ulcer area. The subjects will be received 10 applications, three times a week for a period of 4 weeks.
Sponsors
Faculdade Evangelica do Parana
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
50 Years to 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 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
Exclusion criteria
* Subjects with pacemakers * diabetes * 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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pain | the subjects will be followed for a period of 4 weeks. | Pain assessment will be performed by the Visual Analogue Scale |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ulcer area | the patients will be folloed for the 4-weeks. | the ulcer area will be measured by the planimetry. |
Countries
Brazil
Outcome results
None listed