An interventional study of Neuromuscular muscle stimulation machine- Strength Setting and Neuromuscular muscle stimulation machine - TENS Setting in Trauma and Rehabilitation, sponsored by Barts & The London NHS Trust. Completed. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 60 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-09-12.
Sponsored by Barts & The London NHS Trust · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Objectives: The acute care of pelvic fractures has improved recently however there are no formal guidelines for rehabilitation of these types of fractures. Patients have long periods of non-weight bearing causing muscle wastage. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) has proven to minimise muscle loss. However, this has not previously been investigated within this patient population.
Design: Double blind, randomised, feasibility study.
Setting: NHS trust hospital setting.
Participants: Nine patients with surgically fixed pelvic fractures were randomly allocated at six weeks post fracture.
Interventions: The intervention group completed six weeks of NMES. The placebo group used transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS).
Main outcome measures: Peak torque (Nm) was calculated in the operated limb at 12 weeks using the non-operated limb as a baseline. Compliance and intensity levels were recorded. Feasibility of NMES was evaluated using a feasibility questionnaire. Pain was measured at six and 12 weeks using a visual analogue scale (VAS).
Exclusion Criteria:
Neuromuscular muscle stimulation machine - Muscle stimulation machine to be used on glutes and abductors on disuse atrophy setting. Twice per day for 45 minutes. Exercise - Home exercises programme once per day with 10 exercises.
Device: Neuromuscular muscle stimulation machine- Strength Setting
Neuromuscular muscle stimulation- Muscle stimulation machine to be used on glutes and abductors on TENS setting. Twice per day for 45 minutes. Exercise - Home exercises programme once per day with 10 exercises.
Device: Neuromuscular muscle stimulation machine - TENS Setting
Muscle stimulation to strength skeletal muscle
Muscle stimulation to mimic the intervention but without the strength gains.
Muscle Strength
Peak Torque muscle strength
Time frame: 12 weeks post operation
Feasibility questionnaire
questionnaire of 10 questions
Time frame: 12 weeks post operation
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