NCT00971490View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Effects of a 4-week Acu-Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (Acu-TENS) Program on Subjects With Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 31, 2007

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2008

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2008

Conditions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Interventions

DEVICE

Acu-TENS (Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation)

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation applied onto acupuncture point

DEVICE

Acu-TENS (Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation)

Similar to Group 1 but without electrical stimulation

DEVICE

Acu-TENS (Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation)

Similar to Group 1 but applied onto non acupuncture point

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong

All Listed Sponsors

lead

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

OTHER

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