# Electrical Stimulation to Strengthen Muscles in the Lower Legs in Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

> **NCT01825135** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **RML Specialty Hospital** · enrollment: 57 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Muscle Weakness

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Neuromuscular electrical stimulation
- **DEVICE:** sham stimulation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01825135
- **Lead sponsor:** RML Specialty Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2011-03
- **Primary completion:** 2014-10
- **Final completion:** 2016-08
- **Target enrollment:** 57 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2017-05-03


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01825135

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01825135, "Electrical Stimulation to Strengthen Muscles in the Lower Legs in Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01825135. Licensed CC0.

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