Clinical trials: Recovery Following Exercise
Psychological Stress, Mental Fatigue
The Role of Physical Ardor in Triggering State Anattā and Psychophysiological Recovery
This study investigates how different types of aerobic exercise-specifically continuous treadmill running versus intermittent ball games-influence mental restoration in university students.
- Conditions
- Psychological Stress, Mental Fatigue, Self-Perception, Autonomic Nervous System Function
- Trial name
- SPAR (NCT07488169)
- Testing
- Continuous Aerobic Exercise (Treadmill-based), Intermittent Aerobic Exercise (Ball Games)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 671 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lincoln University College
Exercise Recovery
Recovery With Tart Cherry Supplementation Following a Marathon.
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare recovery in healthy, active runners. The main questions it aimed to answer were whether 7 day supplementation with Vistula TC attenuated: muscle function inflammation soreness…
- Trial name
- NCT06332222
- Testing
- Tart Cherry
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northumbria University
Healthy
Effect of Amino Acid on Muscle Damage
The primary objective is to determine the impact of essential amino acids on integrated muscle protein synthesis over 4 days after resistance exercise.
- Trial name
- NCT03319147
- Testing
- Active
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Muscle Recovery
Vegan or Animal Protein Ingestion on the Recovery of Muscle Function Following Exercise
This study will assess the effect of daily post-exercise vegan (pea) and animal (whey) protein ingestion compared to placebo over 7 days of recovery from strenuous exercise.
- Trial name
- VAMPIRE (NCT04156386)
- Testing
- Recovery animal (20g whey) protein supplement, Recover vegan (26g pea) protein supplement
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Exeter
Hydration, Blood Glucose
Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of a Sport Drink After High-intensity Aerobic Exercise
Although the general effectiveness of carbohydrate/electrolyte-based functional sports drinks on rehydration, recovery and sports performance has been widely demonstrated, there is controversy about the amounts, proportions and…
- Conditions
- Hydration, Blood Glucose, Sport Recovery, Microbiota
- Trial name
- NCT05352724
- Testing
- Hydration drink
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bioithas SL
Contracture
Effect of a Protein-enriched Drink on Muscle Function
There is no conclusive evidence about the effect of intake of protein-enriched drink after and acute high intensity exercise bout on muscle function and damage.
- Trial name
- SPORTEUS (NCT02385357)
- Testing
- Protein-enriched drink
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Puleva Biotech
Muscle Fatigue
Microcurrent Therapy and the Post-Exercise Physiological Response (MENS_PE)
The goal of this clinical trial is to find out whether microcurrent therapy changes blood levels of creatine kinase, a marker of muscle stress, during the first 48 hours after exercise in military personnel.
- Trial name
- MENS_PE (NCT07877337)
- Testing
- Microcurrents Therapy
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Castilla-La Mancha
Muscle Damage
Effect of Whey Protein on Soccer Performance
Rationale: During exercise protein breakdown in muscles is larger than protein synthesis. This negative muscle protein balance leads to increased muscle damage and thereby to a reduced muscle tissue recovery.
- Trial name
- NCT01110122
- Testing
- Whey protein
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VU University of Amsterdam
Total Knee Arthroplasty, Total Knee Arthroplasty Recovery
Effects of Stress Ball Use and Breathing Exercises on Pain and Vital Signs During Drain Removal After Total Knee Arthroplasty
This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effects of stress ball use and breathing exercises on procedural pain and vital signs during drain removal in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty.
- Conditions
- Total Knee Arthroplasty, Total Knee Arthroplasty Recovery, Pain After Knee Arthroscop
- Trial name
- TDP (NCT07586436)
- Testing
- 3. Control Group Description, 1. Stress Ball Intervention Description, 2. Breathing Exercise Intervention Description
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- TC Erciyes University
Skeletal Muscle Damage, Exercise-induced Aseptic Inflammation
Aloe Vera Ointment Application and Skeletal Muscle Recovery
Aloe vera, sometimes described as pharmaceutical aloe, is a flowering succulent plant with many therapeutic properties such as wound and burn wound healing, treatment of diabetes and reduction of blood lipid profile.
- Conditions
- Skeletal Muscle Damage, Exercise-induced Aseptic Inflammation, Performance
- Trial name
- NCT03934762
- Testing
- Natural Aloe Vera, Aloe vera soup
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Thessaly
Exercise Training, Apnea
Breathing Protocol in Breath-hold Divers
The aim of this randomized controlled trial study was to assess the effects of an 4-week exercise program on the recovery capacity after a voluntary maximal apnea.
- Conditions
- Exercise Training, Apnea, Breathholding, Breathing Exercises
- Trial name
- NCT04366414
- Testing
- hook breathing removing nose-clip, usual breathing (UB)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centro Universitario La Salle
Surgical Stress Response, Stress Physiological
Feasibility of Breathwork Intervention With Older Adults After Knee Surgery
Postoperative complications after surgical procedures, including following total knee arthroplasty (TKA), have a negative impact on the health and well-being of surgical patients.
- Conditions
- Surgical Stress Response, Stress Physiological, Stress Physiology, Stress Psychological
- Trial name
- NCT07464860
- Testing
- A 5-minute Asynchronous Breathwork Intervention, A 5-minute Asynchronous Card Game Video
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy
Post-exercise Recovery After Dietary Protein Ingestion in Healthy Young Men (Meat-Milk Study)
Rationale: The consumption of dietary protein immediately after exercise is necessary to maximally stimulate muscle protein synthesis rates (24, 37). Recent work suggests that the type of protein consumed (e.g., animal vs.
- Trial name
- Meat-Milk (NCT01578590)
- Testing
- Lean minced meat (beef)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
the Participant Wishes to Leave the Study
Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise Applied After Heart Surgery
Various methods are used to prolong life and improve quality of life in heart diseases. There are surgical treatment options. Heart surgery is a major surgery and surgery Due to common postoperative symptoms, follow-up and…
- Trial name
- NCT06404710
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Exercise-induced Muscle Damage, Oxidative Stress
New Zealand Blackcurrant and Recovery in Elite Taekwondo
This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluated the effects of short-term supplementation with anthocyanin-rich New Zealand blackcurrant (NZBC) extract on exercise-induced muscle damage, oxidative stress…
- Conditions
- Exercise-induced Muscle Damage, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, Recovery After Exercise
- Trial name
- NZBC-TAE (NCT07828444)
- Testing
- New Zealand Blackcurrant Extract (CurraNZ®)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
Post-exercise Muscle Recovery
Phototherapy and Cryotherapy in Post-exercise Skeletal Muscle Recovery
Volunteers were divided randomly in five experimental groups. VAS (Visual Analogic scale) to measure DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness) and blood samples was taken before any procedure.
- Trial name
- NCT02622971
- Testing
- PBMT, Cryotherapy
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nove de Julho
Recovery Methods, Exercise and Recovery
Effects of Carnitine Supplementation on Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage: A Randomized Controlled Trial
This clinical study aims to investigate the effects of L-carnitine supplementation on recovery following high-intensity interval exercise in young athletes.
- Conditions
- Recovery Methods, Exercise and Recovery, Exercise Fatigue, Carnitine Ingestion
- Trial name
- NCT07492446
- Testing
- L-Carnitine
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University
Aseptic Muscle Injury
Effects of Protein and NAC Co-ingestion on Skeletal Muscle Recovery
Previous evidence suggests that though N-acetylcysteine (NAC) supplementation following eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage disrupts the skeletal muscle's repair and remodelling process at 8 days of recovery, it attenuates…
- Trial name
- PRoNAC (NCT06367413)
- Testing
- NAC, NAC + Whey Protein
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Thessaly
Muscle Protein Synthesis
The Effect of Mealworm Protein Ingestion on Muscle Protein Synthesis After Running Exercise in Humans
Rationale: Consumption of sufficient dietary protein is fundamental to skeletal muscle mass maintenance and overall health. Conventional animal-based protein sources such as meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and dairy are considered…
- Trial name
- Centurion (NCT05353595)
- Testing
- Insect protein, Running exercise
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Type 2 Diabetes, Muscular Atrophy
Exercise Training as an Intervention to Improve Muscle Function and Recovery Following Bed Rest in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
The purpose of this research is to gather data on how exercise can help recovery of muscle mass, strength, and physical function after bedrest in older adults with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes.
- Conditions
- Type 2 Diabetes, Muscular Atrophy, Sedentary Behavior, Exercise
- Trial name
- RECOVER (NCT04057677)
- Testing
- Bed Rest Intervention, Exercise Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AdventHealth Translational Research Institute