Adjunctive Effect of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field on Quadriceps Muscle Strength After Burn Injury

Walaa Abd Elaziem Abd Elaziz

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Lower Limb Burn

Treatments: Device: pulsed electromagnetic field device; Other: Free weights for Strengthening Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04870528

P.T.REC/012/002906

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to examine whether Pulsed Electromagnetic Field therapy combined with strengthening exercises will have a positive effect on quadriceps muscle strength in lower limb burn .

Full description

• Subjects: Sixty patients with lower limb burn, subdivided into two groups each one has 30 patients.

• Group (A) = Pulsed Electromagnetic Field therapy and quadriceps strengthening exercises group.

• Group (B) = quadriceps strengthening exercises group. • Equipment and tools:

  1. Measurements tools:

     Isokinetic dynamometer : to measure the quadriceps muscle peak torque before the treatment and after 8 weeks of treatment for both groups.

  2. Therapeutic tools:

Pulsed Electromagnetic Field therapy device and free weights for strengthening of quadriceps muscle.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 25 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• • Patients are males.
• Their age will range from (25-40) years.
• Patients will suffer from second-degree burn ( Partial thickness of thermal injury).
• Total body surface area (TBSA) for the burns will be ranged from 20% to 35% .
• They will be selected from Outpatient Clinic of Faculty of Physical Therapy and Burn Unit at Om El-Obour Hospital.
• Patients will begin the training program after complete wound healing.
• All patients will receive traditional physical therapy program in the form of range of motion exercise, stretching, splinting, massage, functional training for ambulation and activities of daily living.
• Patients will be given their informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• • Patients who participate in any rehabilitation program to improve muscle strength prior to the study.
• Musculoskeletal disorders that will impair performance during training and tests.
• Equilibrium disorders.
• Uncontrolled cardiovascular or pulmonary diseases .
• Neurological and renal disorders.
• metabolic or vascular disease with a neurological component such as diabetes,
• Malignant conditions.
• Psychiatric illness, severe behavior or cognitive disorders.
• Subjects with burn to the posterior thigh with knee flexion contracture, which affected the function of the quadriceps muscle.
• Lower limb lymphedema or lipoedema.
• Athletic subjects.
• Subjects with morbid obesity.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

- This group will be composed of 30 patients with lower limb burn of second-degree. Subjects will receive pulsed magnetic field over thigh areas for 24 sessions over a period of 8 weeks (3sessions/week) with receiving strengthening exercises for quadriceps muscle and traditional physical therapy program in the form of range of motion exercise, stretching, splinting, massage, functional training for ambulation and activities of daily living.

Treatment:

Device: pulsed electromagnetic field device

Other: Free weights for Strengthening Exercise

control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subjects will receive strengthening exercises for quadriceps muscle and traditional physical therapy program in the form of range of motion exercise, stretching, splinting, massage, functional training for ambulation and activities of daily living for 24 sessions over a period of 8 weeks (3sessions/week)

Treatment:

Other: Free weights for Strengthening Exercise