Neuromuscular Electrical Therapy in Venous Ulcers
CompletedPhase 4NCT01372020
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
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.
Study details
- Official title
- The Effect of Neuromuscular Electrical Therapy on Pain in Patients With Venous Ulcers: a Controlled Clinical Trial
- Conditions
- Chronic Venous Insufficiency
- Interventions
- Other: neuromuscular electrical stimulation
- Sponsor
- Faculdade Evangelica do Parana
- Start date
- 2011-02
- Primary completion
- 2011-09
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 50 Years to 85 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Brazil
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
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
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01372020