Status:
COMPLETED
Electrostimulation of Shoulder Girdle and Quadriceps Muscles in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
Conditions:
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The investigators evaluated clinical tolerance, biological tolerance, feasibility and efficacy of daily electrostimulation training of shoulder girdle and quadriceps muscles in 10 patients with facios...
Detailed Description
Autosomal dominant FSHD is characterized by selective pattern of muscle involvement. Weakness and atrophy typically involve facial and shoulder girdle muscles, and progressively anterior forearm and f...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 18 to 75 years old patient
- FSHD diagnosis confirmed by molecular biology
- FSHD clinical phenotype including shoulder girdle and quadriceps involvement
- Patient with Vignos scale ≤ 5 (patient able to walk)
- Patient with health insurance
- Patient that could be followed for at least 6 months
Exclusion
- Patient with monolateral or bilateral scapular omopexia
- Patient that has already had electrostimulation training
- Patients with CK values \> 5 time normal values
- Patient that has not signed informed consent
- Patient with cancer, collagenopathies or others joint diseases
- Pregnancy and breast-feeding
- Patient on guardianship or trusteeship.
- Patient actively participating to other biomedical researches or whose exclusion period is not ended
- Patient with a formal contraindication to the protocol detected by inclusion examinations
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
9 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00821548
Start Date
January 1 2008
End Date
July 1 2008
Last Update
January 13 2009
Active Locations (1)
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CHU de Nice
Nice, France