Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:43 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:43 AM
NCT ID:
NCT01637467
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* admitted to the medical-surgical ICU or cardiovascular ICU
* walking independently prior to admission
* mechanically ventilated for more than 7 days (i.e. prolonged ventilation)
* receiving enteral or parenteral nutrition.
Exclusion Criteria:
* history of neurological or psychiatric disease
* primary muscle disease (e.g. muscular dystrophy, polymyositis)
* catastrophic neurological event
* receiving palliative care
* contraindications to EMS (e.g. cardiac pacemaker/defibrillator, pregnancy, infected or cancerous lesions in proximity of electrode sites)
* inadequate access to electrode sites due to medical devices
* lower extremity edema affecting the thighs or buttocks
* BMI \> 35 kg/m2
* allergies to adhesives or latex
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT01637467
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01637467