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NCT06160336

Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation in Lower Limb Amputees

Completed NA Last updated 13 December 2023
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Lower Limb Amputation in 13 participants. Completed in 4 August 2023.

Timeline
14 March 2021
Primary endpoint
4 August 2023
4 August 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsorFondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationna
Designsingle group
Maskingnone
Primary purposeother
Enrollment13
Start date14 March 2021
Primary completion4 August 2023
Estimated completion4 August 2023
Sites1 location across Italy

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus — full company profile →

Who can join

Adults 18 to 80, any sex, with Lower Limb Amputation. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Current lower limb prostheses support ambulation by absorbing and stabilizing positions during walking. Users of lower limb prostheses rely solely on sensory information provided by the contact between the socket and the residual limb. Restoring sensory feedback could potentially improve their quality of life and participation in daily activities. Despite a high incidence of lower limb amputations, there are few studies in the literature addressing the restoration of sensory feedback in lower limb amputees, particularly studies utilizing invasive techniques. In an effort to overcome these limitations, various non-invasive methods have been tested. Despite resulting benefits such as improved gait symmetry and stability, most non-invasive stimulation systems are non-somatotopic, failing to generate a sensation referred to the patient's missing limb. From the literature, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) emerges as a very promising non-invasive and somatotopically-based sensory feedback approach, capable of inducing sensations referred to the amputees' phantom limb. Therefore, the proposed study will involve the use of TENS as a means to stimulate sensitivity and prevent perceptual disturbances associated with the interruption of peripheral nerve structures occurring in individuals undergoing amputation. These disturbances, besides influencing the development of symptoms characterized by neuropathic pain, can impact prosthesis management.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.

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