Effect of Acu-Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) on Post-Exercise Expiratory Flow Rate in Subjects With Asthma

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Asthma

Treatments: Device: placebo; Device: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00824642

CRE-2004.362

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of Acu-TENS (Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation applied on acupoints) on the post- exercise expiratory flow rate and exercise performance on the subjects with exercise.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical diagnosis with asthma attending regular follow up at respiratory clinic

Exclusion criteria

• Allergic to gel
• Suffered from other neurological or cardiovascular or musculoskeletal disorders that may affect their exercise performance
• Suffered from upper respiratory tract infection prior to the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

---

30 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Group 1

Experimental group

Description:

Applied Acu-TENS prior to exercise

Treatment:

Device: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

Group 2

Experimental group

Description:

Applied Acu-TENS prior to and during exercise

Treatment:

Device: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

Group 3

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Applied placebo TENS prior to exercise

Treatment:

Device: placebo