Effect of Intradialytic Electrical Muscle Stimulation and Passive Leg Mobilisation on Blood Pressure and Dialysis Efficacy

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypotension

Treatments: Device: transcutaneous muscle stimulation, treadmill

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00328289

S12006

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hypothesis: Intradialytic blood pressure and dialysis efficacy (in terms of urea removal) improve under electrical muscle stimulation or passive leg movement on a treadmill.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Dialysis patients able to put legs on a treadmill

Exclusion criteria

• Dialysis duration shorter than 3 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)