Effects of electrical stimulation during hemodialysis in elderly patients.

JRCT ID: jRCTs022200010

Registered date:24/06/2020

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: chronic kidney disease
• Date of first enrollment: 07/07/2020
• Target sample size: 76
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

Subjects underwent electrical stimulation for 40 munites during the first half of the HD session three times a week of 12 consecutive weeks.

A group that underwent standard hemodialysis treatment without electrical stimulation.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: 6-minute walk test

Secondary Outcome

(1) physical activity (step counts per day)
(2) evaluation of QOL
(3) biochemical parameters
(4) Short Physical Performance Battery
(5) Functional independence measure
(6) basic information
(7) hemodialysis record
(8) Borg scale

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 65age old
• Age maximum: < 90age old
• Gender: Both
• Include criteria: The subjects were stable, maintenance hemodialysis patients who underwent outpatient hemodialysis treatment of three times a week

Exclude criteria

(1) patients who use implanted electronic divice (Pacemaker)
(2) Acute coronary syndrome, particularly unstable angina and acute myocardial infarction.
(3) systolic blood pressure overed 180 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure overed 110 mmHg.
(4) patients who were determined as inappropriate for the study by the attending physician.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Kohzuki Masahiro
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Homerion Laboratory Co.,Ltd