Clinical trials: Contraction
Knee Osteoarthritis
Investigation of the Effect of Superimposed Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis.
The aim of the study is to investigate the effects of superimposed neuromuscular electrical stimulation with active contraction on physical function, muscle and joint structure, functionality, and quality of life in patients with…
- Trial name
- NCT06277570
- Testing
- conventional physiotherapy, NMES, Superimposed NMES
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- Gulhane School of Medicine
Patello Femoral Syndrome
The Effect of Patellar Taping and Isometric Strength Training on Quadriceps Strength with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome.
Patellofemoral pain syndrome is one of the most common young adult female complaints, caused by changes in the patellofemoral joint's physical and biomechanical properties.
- Trial name
- NCT05168332
- Testing
- patellar taping combined with isometric strength training
- Where
- Saudi Arabia
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Majmaah University
Fetal Heart Rate or Rhythm Abnormality Affecting Newborn During Labor, Uterine Contractions
Noninvasive Monitoring of Uterine Activity and Fetal Heart Rate
A clinical study designed to validate the safety and performance of the TrueLabor™ device in monitoring labor vs. current standard of care.
- Conditions
- Fetal Heart Rate or Rhythm Abnormality Affecting Newborn During Labor, Uterine Contractions, Obstetric Complication
- Trial name
- NCT05782296
- Testing
- TrueLabor
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Israel
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- OB-Tools Ltd.
Vibration
Non-invasive Vibratory Stimulation of the Knee Muscles for the Improvement of the Somatosensory Input and Motor Performance
The goal of this interventional cross-sectional study is to evaluate motor responses to non-invasive vibratory stimulation applied to the hamstring muscle tendons in healthy individuals.
- Trial name
- VIBMOT (NCT07424066)
- Testing
- Vibratory stimulation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Milano Bicocca
Frail Elderly Syndrome
Protocols and Guidelines for the Use of Digital Twins in Frail Older People
The Proto-Aging study aims to define experimental protocols and guidelines to enable the development of musculoskeletal models (digital twins) of elderly people, with the ultimate goal to comprehensively characterize frail elders…
- Trial name
- Proto-Aging (NCT05854316)
- Testing
- Comprehensive Biomechanical assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Pupil Diameter, Pupil Contraction Rate
The Guiding Significance of Pupil Monitoring in the Perioperative Period
The pupil diameter is affected by both sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves, and its latency and response amplitude mainly reflect the functional status of the parasympathetic nerve.
- Conditions
- Pupil Diameter, Pupil Contraction Rate, Pupil Light Reflection
- Trial name
- NCT04820374
- Testing
- pupil's light and pupil diameter
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Yangzhou University
Myocardial Contraction
Arterial Pressure vs. TE Echo dp/dt
This study seeks to assess the strength of correlation between arterial pressure waveform derived contractility as quantified by the maximal rate of pressure change ans a function of time (dp/dtmax) and transesophageal…
- Trial name
- NCT04726852
- Testing
- Concurrent comparison
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Primary Dysmenorrhea
Effect of Primary Dysmenorrhea on Muscle Activity in Young Adult Females
This study aims to investigate the effect of primary dysmenorrhea on the activity of the abdominal and back muscles in young adult females.
- Trial name
- NCT07095725
- Testing
- Record EMG maximum amplitude from rectus abdominis, erector spinae L3 level
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
C.Delivery; Surgery (Previous), Gynecological
Incision Pain and Uterine Contraction Pain After Cesarean Section
This study aims to compare the pain degree between primary cesarean section and repeated cesarean section, and investigate the role of flurbiprofen axetil in postoperative analgesia, so as to provide reference for clinical…
- Trial name
- NCT02595333
- Testing
- Group SF1, Group S1, Group SF2
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fudan University
Postpartum Hemorrhage
Carbetocin vs. Oxytocin: In-vitro Myometrial Contractions With and Without Oxytocin Pre-treatment
The purpose of this study is to compare the ability of an isolated sample of uterine muscle tissue (in a tissue bath) to contract in the presence of various drugs.
- Trial name
- NCT01689298
- Testing
- Oxytocin, Carbetocin
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
Thumb Joint Stiffness
Electrical Stimulation to Recover Greater Range of Motion After Surgery
Background One of the potentially debilitative complications of operative repair and subsequent immobilization is stiffness that appears secondary to inflammation and adhesions.
- Trial name
- NCT01082432
- Testing
- electrically induced muscle activation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université Joseph Fourier
Sedentary Lifestyle
Effectiveness of Adding Voluntary Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction to a Pilates Exercises Program
Adding voluntary pelvic floor muscle contraction to a Pilates exercises program can improve the pelvic floor muscle strength on sedentary nulliparous women.
- Trial name
- NCT02748473
- Testing
- Pilates Exercises program, Pelvic floor muscle strength, 3D perineal ultrasound
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of São Paulo
ICU Acquired Weakness
Safety and Efficacy of the MyokinE100 (CL-EMS Alpha) Device in Inducing Visible Muscle Contraction in Healthy Volunteers
Every patient admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is at risk of developing "Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness" (ICUAW).
- Trial name
- NCT06023511
- Testing
- Electrical muscle stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Health Discovery Labs
Ventricular Premature Complexes, Atrial Premature Complexes
Oral Magnesium Supplementation in Athletes With Premature Ventricular Contractions or Premature Atrial Contractions.
Magnesium is a mineral which is essential to many of the processes which happen in the body. This includes normal function of muscles; including the heart.
- Trial name
- NCT04186728
- Testing
- Magnesium glycinate
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
The Role of Quadriceps Contraction in Patellar Repositioning - a Computed Tomography Study
Background Previous studies have a great discrepancy concerning the effects of quadriceps contraction on patellar lateral displacement and tilt in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome.
- Trial name
- NCT00760136
- Testing
- Computed Tomography
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Bladder Cancer
Bakircay University Cigli Training and Research Hospital
The aim of the study is to investigate the oncological outcomes of obturator nerve blockade in patients with lateral wall localized non-muscle invasive bladder cancer
- Trial name
- BUCEAH (NCT04683536)
- Testing
- Obturator nerve blockade
- Volunteers
- 106 people
- Sponsor
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital
Pelvic Floor, Motor İmagery Ability
Validity and Reliability of the Kinesthetic Motor Imagery of Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction Questionnaire in Turkish
The aim of this study is to adapt the questionnaire named "Kinesthetic Motor Imagery of Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction Questionnaire (KMI-PFQ)" into Turkish in healthy women and to introduce it to the literature as a valid and…
- Trial name
- NCT06882694
- Testing
- Pelvic Floor Imagery Questionairre
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kutahya Health Sciences University
Infertility
Atosiban in Women With Previous Implantation Failure and Abnormal Uterine Contractions
This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of atosiban in patients with previous pregnancy failure and abnormal uterine contractions during the peri-embryo transfer period in assisted reproductive technology.
- Trial name
- NCT07185230
- Testing
- Atosiban
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 792 people
- Sponsor
- Northwest Women's and Children's Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi
Labor
Labor Progress Indices and the Dynamics of the Individual Contraction During the Active Stage of Labor
Objective of the study: to obtain new data on the dynamics of the labor process, cervix dilatation and head station on the labor process and to develop a new progress indices.
- Trial name
- NCT01009411
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western Galilee Hospital-Nahariya
Retinitis Pigmentosa, Cataract
The Role of Capsular Tension Ring (CTR) in Anterior Capsular Contraction
This is a Randomized Controlled Trial to study the role of Capsular Tension Ring in patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Trial name
- ACO (NCT00717080)
- Testing
- IOL surgery
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Aurolab