Effect of Tourniquet on Sensory Nerve Conduction Threshold (sNCT) and OxyNeuroGram (ONG) Index- A Volunteer Study
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Conditions studied: Sensory Nerve Conduction, Oxyneurogram Index
In brief
There are a number of risk factors for development of chronic pain that have been evaluated including age, gender, type and duration of surgery, duration of pain prior to surgery and tourniquet application. There is some scientific evidence from animal studies demonstrating that prolonged tourniquet application can result in lack of oxygen supply to nerves, and subsequent nerve damage resulting in chronic pain. This theory has not been proven in humans. In this study the investigators will indirectly assess the evidence for abnormalities caused by tourniquet application on subjects' nerves using well established devices to determine the function of these nerves.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01970839
- Run by
- Duke University
- People needed
- 10
- Starts
- 2014-11-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-03-21
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Healthy adults
- Over 18 years of age
You may not qualify if…
- Neurological disease
- Diabetes mellitus
- History of nerve injury
- Chronic pain
- Alcoholism
- Blood pressure measurements greater than 140/80 and infection in the monitored area
Where it is running
- Duke University Medical Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States
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