The Effect of NMES on Bowel Management in People With Chronic SCI
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil
- Where
- Switzerland1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- People taking part
- 20 people enrolled
- Started
- 4 Jul 2021
- Ended
- 30 Oct 2024
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation
- Record updated
- 9 December 2024
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Traumatic and non-traumatic SCI; > 1 year
- Level of lesion: C2 - L5
- AIS score A/B/C/D
- Age: ≥ 18 years
- Urge to reduce defaecation time
Who cannot take part
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Patients' inability to follow the study, e.g. mental-health problems, language problems, dementia etc
- Pregnancy: test in women of childbearing age (15 - 49 years)
- Patients during primary rehabilitation
- Bladder stimulator
- Autonomic dysreflexia by application of ES of the abdominal wall
- Opioid use
- Cancerous tissue in abdominal region
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
It has been reported that 62% of all people with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) have experienced faecal incontinence and that neurogenic bowel dysfunction (NBD) is a major sequela. As an alternative to abdominal massage or the use of suppositories, the electrical stimulation (ES) of the abdominal wall has been shown to be effective in decreasing the bowel transit time as well as decreasing constipation in children with slow-transit constipation. Due to the intrinsic nature of the guts' innervation, we expect to reproduce these positive effects in people with SCI through administration of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES).
The group in the trial
- NMES GroupTreatment being tested
Participants will receive neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the abdominal wall before defaecation for 30 minutes over the course of 16 weeks.
Treatment: Neuromuscular electrical stimulation
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- The Effect of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Bowel Management in People With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury - a Pilot Study
- Record updated
- 9 December 2024