Electrical Muscle Stimulation on Muscle Stiffness and Functional Capacity in Post-menopausal Women

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Electric Stimulation Therapy; Women; Frailty

Treatments: Other: High-frequency electrical muscle stimulation training; Other: Low-frequency electrical muscle stimulation training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04276077

EMS_US

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study will be to determine the effects of different electrical muscle stimulation protocols on muscle stiffness and functional capacity in post-menopausal women. A randomized controlled clinical trial will be carried out. A total sample of 27 post-menopausal women will be recruited and divided into 3 groups which received high-frequency electrical muscle stimulation during 8 weeks, low-frequency electrical muscle stimulation during 8 weeks or no-intervention (control group). Outcome measurements will be stiffness assessed by sonoelastography and functional capacity assessed by the 30 seconds Chair-Stand Test before and after 8 weeks interventions.

Enrollment: 27 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Post-menopausal women

Exclusion criteria

• Arrhythmias
• Diabetes
• Smokers

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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27 participants in 3 patient groups

High-frequency electrical muscle stimulation

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: High-frequency electrical muscle stimulation training

Low-frequency electrical muscle stimulation

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Low-frequency electrical muscle stimulation training

Control

No Intervention group