Ultrasound and Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Guided Femoral Nerve Block

Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital

Status

Completed

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injuries

Treatments

Other: Femoral nerve block with phenol

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03468439

001

Details and patient eligibility

About

A pre-post descriptive study was performed to examine the immediate effects of ultrasound (US) guided femoral nerve block with phenol (UGFNBwP) in managing lower limb spasticity of individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI).

Full description

Study Design: A pre-post descriptive study was performed. Objectives: To examine the immediate effects of ultrasound (US) guided femoral nerve block with phenol (UGFNBwP) in managing lower limb spasticity of individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI).

Setting: Ankara, Turkey Methods: Nineteen patients with traumatic SCI presenting with lower extremity spasticity were treated with UGFNBwP. Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) of hip flexion and knee extension, functional independence measure (FIM) motor subscale, difficulty of catheterization (DoC), hygiene score (HS), spasm frequency (SF), sleep quality (SQ) and patient satisfaction (PS) were measured in all patients prior to treatment, at first week and second month.

Enrollment

14 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Traumatic etiology
Duration of spinal cord injury more than twelve months
Spasticity of hip flexor and/or knee extensor muscle
Use of any oral medications to reduce spasticity at stable doses for at least one month before first assessment
The patients have to accept to continue same dose until end of the last assessment
Medical clearance to participate

Exclusion criteria