How to Study Ventilatory Physiology With the Help of Surface Electromyography (EMG) Recordings

Tampere University Hospital

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Ventilatory Physiology

Treatments: Device: Ventilatory therapy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01304056

R08175

Details and patient eligibility

About

Respiratory muscles seem to be activating differently in critically ill patients than in healthy persons. Needle electrodes would provide artefact-free signal information about muscle activation. However, needle recordings are an invasive technique which limits its feasibility in clinical setting. Intention of this study is to investigate if surface electromyography could be used to measure recruitment patterns of ventilatory muscles.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• > 18 years of age

Exclusion criteria

• brain death of injury
• high spinal cord injury
• severe ARDS (static compliance below 40, PFI below 150)

Trial design

0 participants in 2 patient groups

Critically ill patients

Description:

Patients that are treated in intensive care unit and given ventilatory therapy.

Treatment:

Device: Ventilatory therapy

Interventional volunteer group

Description:

Healthy volunteers