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Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine acute effect the transctutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in sympathetic and parassympathetic system in individuals with heart failure.


Clinical Trial Description

Heart failure (HF) is the inability of the heart to maintain adequate levels of blood supply to tissues. In recent years there has been an increased prevalence of heart failure (HF), in Brazil there are about two million people diagnosed with HF and 240,000 new cases per year. Thus, the IC constitutes the most serious problem now and in the fields of cardiology and public health. Sympathetic activity is increased and correlates with a worse prognosis and survival in these patients. Currently, the pharmacological blockade of the sympathetic system by chronic use of beta-blockers are commonly used to treat hyperactivity, but these interventions have side effects. The transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) has been used successfully to control pain in different clinical conditions and may be a noninvasive strategy to reduce drug and not the severity of increased sympathetic. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Improvement of Cardiovascular Autonomic Control
  • Reduction of Levels of Catecholamines

NCT number NCT01252407
Study type Interventional
Source Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre
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Status Active, not recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date November 2010
Completion date December 2013