Clinical trials: Stiffness
Spastic Cerebral Palsy
Short Term Follow-up of a Botulinum Toxin Intervention in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy
This study investigates the effect of integrated Botulinum Neurotoxin A (BoNT) treatment on morphologic muscle and tendon properties, spasticity, joint stiffness, joint range of motion, muscle strength, gait and gross motor…
- Trial name
- NCT05126693
- Testing
- Botulinum Toxin treatment combined with a post-BoNT intensive physical therapy period guided by individualized treatment goals.
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 61 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Chronic Liver Disease
Determination of Liver Stiffness in Chronic Liver Disease Patients by Acoustic Radiation Force Imaging (ARFI) Ultrasound
A prospective, pilot study using acoustic radiation force imaging (ARFI) ultrasound (US) to quantify liver stiffness in children and young adults with chronic liver disease.
- Trial name
- NCT02652221
- Testing
- Acoustic Radiation Force Imaging
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Cerebral Palsy
Testing an Adjustable Ankle Orthosis During Walking in Cerebral Palsy
This study seeks to determine how an adjustable stiffness ankle braces affects walking performance and biomechanics in cerebral palsy.
- Trial name
- NCT06262191
- Testing
- Differential and adjustable stiffness AFO (DAS-AFO)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Northern Arizona University
Arterial Stiffness in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes
Arterial Stiffness in Type I Diabetes Mellitus
Using radial artery tonometry to study arterial stiffness, the plan is to study a cohort of 65 children with Type I diabetes mellitus.
- Trial name
- NCT02218268
- Testing
- Pre-meal bolus, No meal bolus
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Liver Diseases
Normal Liver Stiffness by MR Elastography
Healthy children will be recruited to under Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)along with MR elastography to determine normal liver stiffness values.
- Trial name
- NCT03235414
- Testing
- MRI, Blood draw
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Single Ventricle Heart Disease
Evaluation of Fontan-associated Hepatic Stiffness and the Efficacy of Udenafil in Reducing Liver Stiffness
A study to evaluate the efficacy of MZ101 therapy in reducing liver stiffness.
- Trial name
- FALD (NCT03430583)
- Testing
- Udenafil
- Where
- 17 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- Mezzion Pharma Co. Ltd
Lower Back Pain
Investigating the Effects of a Spinal Mobilisation Intervention in People With Lower Back Pain
The objective of the study is to measure and analyse the effect of a spinal mobilisation intervention on muscle tissue quality in people with lower back pain.
- Trial name
- NCT04012970
- Testing
- Manual spinal mobilisations
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Edinburgh Napier University
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
MESA Rail™ AIS Study - Preservation of Curve Correction
To evaluate the restoration and maintenance of thoracic kyphosis and coronal curve correction demonstrated through the surgical implantation of the K2M MESA Rail™ Deformity System as compared to literature reported outcomes for…
- Trial name
- NCT02062606
- Testing
- MESA Rail™ Deformity System
- Volunteers
- 188 people
- Sponsor
- K2M, Inc.
Prehypertension, Blood Pressure
The Effects of a Jump Rope Exercise Program on Vascular Health, Inflammatory Markers in Prehypertensive Adolescent Girls
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a 12-week jump rope exercise program on blood pressure, arterial stiffness, vasodilating and vasoconstricting factors, inflammatory markers, and body composition in…
- Conditions
- Prehypertension, Blood Pressure, Abdominal Obesity, Adiposity
- Trial name
- NCT03534427
- Testing
- Jump rope exercise intervention
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pusan National University
Marfan Syndrome
Comparison of Aliskiren vs Negative Controls on Aortic Stiffness in Patients With MFS
Marfan syndrome (MFS) is an inherited disorder of connective tissue with morbidity and mortality from aortic dilatation and dissection.
- Trial name
- NCT01715207
- Testing
- Aliskiren, Atenolol
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center