ChiCTR‐IPR‐16009845.

Trial name or title	Clinical Trial of NMES of the Lower Extremities in Acute Exacerbated Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Methods	Randomised controlled trial
Participants	People with COPD who are experiencing an acute exacerbation of their disease
Interventions	NMES vs sham stimulation
Outcomes	Muscle function, exercise capacity, biomarkers (CRP, IL‐8, TNF‐alpha, hospital length of stay, antibiotic use, dyspnoea, D‐dimer, cross‐sectional area of the quadriceps, lung function, arterial blood gases, adverse events
Starting date	16 November 2016
Contact information	Lei Pan; bzyxy2013@163.com
Notes