Prevention of Orthostatic Hypotension With Electric Stimulation in Persons With Acute SCI

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

20

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 31, 2012

Primary Completion Date

May 31, 2014

Study Completion Date

May 31, 2014

Conditions
Spinal Cord InjuryOrthostatic Hypotension
Interventions
PROCEDURE

ES of the abdominal muscles

ES was applied with surface electrodes and fixed stimulation parameters with individual mA, depending on each patients´ sensibility.

PROCEDURE

ES of the limb muscles

Lower limb muscles were stimulated to produce a milking mechanism from the distal to proximal part of the limb to pump the venous blood from the peripheral to the central part of the body

PROCEDURE

ES of limbs & abdomen

The combination of the ES of the lower limb muscles and the abdominal muscles.

Trial Locations (1)

6207

Swiss Paraplegic Center, Nottwil

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil

NETWORK

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