Clinical trials: Skeletal Muscle Atrophy
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries, Quadriceps Muscle Atrophy
Vitamin D to Improve Quadricep Muscle Strength
Quadriceps muscle strength is one of the key determinants for patients to fulfill the Return-to-Play (RTP) criteria after an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), in which the muscle size is directly linked to muscle…
- Conditions
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries, Quadriceps Muscle Atrophy, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear
- Trial name
- NCT05174611
- Testing
- Vitamin D3
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Duchene Muscular Dystrophy, Becker Muscular Dystrophy
Multiparametric Ultrafast Ultrasound Biomarkers for Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophies
The purpose of this research study is to determine the potential of a multiparametric ultrasound approach to non-invasively monitor disease progression and to serve as an objective outcome measure for future clinical trials in…
- Trial name
- INNOVAN (NCT07378553)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Muscle Weakness, Muscle Atrophy
Effect of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Combined With Blood Flow Restriction on Muscular and Cardiovascular Function
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) has recently been combined with blood flow restriction (BFR) in controlled trials and has shown increased muscular strength and size compared with NMES and BFR on their own.
- Trial name
- NCT03662555
- Testing
- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Mary's University, Twickenham
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Muscle Atrophy
Muscle Wasting and Rheumatoid Arthritis Flares
People living with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) often present with low muscle mass compared to their healthy counterparts. This affects their mobility, overall health and quality of life.
- Trial name
- NCT06400316
- Testing
- Amino Acid Supplement
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Leeds Beckett University
Hip Osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis, Hip
Gluteal Sling Release on Gluteal Dysfunction After in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty
This study investigates the effects of gluteal sling release during total hip arthroplasty (THA) on gluteal muscle function and hip joint performance.
- Conditions
- Hip Osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis, Hip, Gluteus Maximus Muscle Atrophy, Muscle Weakness Condition
- Trial name
- NCT06850155
- Testing
- Sling release, Sling release and repair
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 144 people
- Sponsor
- Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
Critical Illness, Physical Disability
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) Preserves Muscle Mass in Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Background: Low-frequency neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) attenuates the loss of muscle mass of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients.
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Physical Disability, Muscle Atrophy
- Trial name
- NCT05287919
- Testing
- Patients received the standard physical therapy (SPT) programme (passive mobilization) twice a day., Patients received the low-frequency neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES), Patients received the medium-frequency neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES)
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- Gabriel Nasri Marzuca-Nassr
Sepsis, Primary Myopathies
Muscle Force Assessment in the Intensive Care Unit and in Primary Myopathies
The primary aim of the project is to apply the non-invasive stimulated muscle force assessment system to i) intensive care unit patients and ii) patients with primary myopathy or subclinic myopathy (e.g., Duchenne muscular…
- Trial name
- NCT00735384
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Atrophy, Sepsis
Muscle Atrophy in Sepsis
Severe sepsis will provoke signals leading to muscle atrophy and weakness. Electrical stimulation will reduce the impact of sepsis.
- Conditions
- Atrophy, Sepsis, Weakness
- Trial name
- NCT00583206
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Gregory A. Schmidt
Healthy Volunteers
A Clinical Pharmacology Study to Evaluate the Effect of GYM329 on Disuse Muscle Atrophy in Healthy Volunteer
This study will induce disuse atrophy through unilateral immobilization of the thigh and lower leg in healthy male volunteers to evaluate the PD of a single subcutaneous dose of GYM329 prior to or after unilateral thigh and lower…
- Trial name
- NCT04708847
- Testing
- GYM329
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chugai Pharmaceutical
Muscle Loss, Physical Disability
Effects of High Protein Diet on Muscle Mass, Strength, and Physical Performance in Postmenopausal Women
Despite the importance of preventing muscle mass loss during senescence, only a few studies have investigated the relationship between diet and muscle mass in postmenopausal women.
- Trial name
- NCT03652584
- Testing
- High Protein Diet, Control Diet
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Muscle Disuse Atrophy
Muscle Damage and Disuse Atrophy
Limb injury generally requires a period of recovery during which time the limb is often immobilised (e.g. with a cast or brace) resulting in a rapid loss of skeletal muscle.
- Trial name
- NCT03559452
- Testing
- Eccentric exercise
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Exeter
Rotator Cuff Tear
Longitudinal Study of Asymptomatic Rotator Cuff Tears
The purpose of this study is to analyze the natural course of asymptomatic rotator cuff tears.
- Trial name
- NCT01085942
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vestre Viken Hospital Trust
Muscle Loss in Elderly
The Effects of Resistance Training and Protein Supplementation in Healthy Elderly Men and Women.
The main objective of this study is to examine the effects of resistance type exercise training combined with nutritional support on body composition and muscle characteristics in healthy elderly men and women.
- Trial name
- NCT01004588
- Testing
- Protein drink
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Physical Inactivity, Vascular Dysfunction
Heat Therapy During Reduced Physical Activity
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to determine whether daily Finnish dry sauna therapy attenuates the adverse cardiovascular, muscular, and metabolic effects of seven days of experimentally reduced physical…
- Conditions
- Physical Inactivity, Vascular Dysfunction, Skeletal Muscle Atrophy
- Trial name
- HEAT-RPA (NCT07847424)
- Testing
- Sauna, Reduced Physical Activity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham Young University
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries, Quadriceps Muscle Atrophy
The Effect of PEMF for Patients With Quadriceps Muscle Weakness After ACLR
In Hong Kong, over 3000 Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructions (ACLR) are performed each year in order to restore knee function after an ACL injury. The ultimate goal of ACLR is to fulfil the return-to-play (RTP) criteria.
- Trial name
- NCT05184023
- Testing
- Pulse Electromagnetic Field
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sarcopenia, Cardiovascular Disease
Egg Cholesterol Consumption, Blood Cholesterol and Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of dietary cholesterol administered as whole egg or egg white (control)on muscle mass gain with resistance training in a young old population of men and women (age 50-69).
- Trial name
- NCT00260442
- Testing
- Resistance Training, Sedentary
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas A&M University
Quadriceps Tendon Rupture, Quadriceps Strained Tendon
The Effect of the Reverse Nordic Curl Exercise on Quadriceps Femoris Muscles Injury Rate Among Soccer Players
The reverse Nordic curl is a body-weight exercise which mainly works the quadriceps and hip flexors. It has a large eccentric component, meaning the muscles are working whilst lengthening.
- Conditions
- Quadriceps Tendon Rupture, Quadriceps Strained Tendon, Quadriceps Muscle Atrophy
- Trial name
- NCT04674072
- Testing
- Reverse Nordic curl exercise, Usual warm up
- Where
- Saudi Arabia
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Umm Al-Qura University
Muscle Atrophy, Disuse Atrophy (Muscle) of Lower Leg
The Regulation of Human Skeletal Muscle Mass by Contractile Perturbation
It is well known that periods of weight training lead to increases in skeletal muscle size and strength. In contrast, periods of inactivity such as bed rest or immobilization result in losses of skeletal muscle size and strength.
- Trial name
- HYPAT (NCT03046095)
- Testing
- Unilateral Resistance Exercise, Immobilization
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Skeletal Muscle Atrophy
Post-operative Electrical Muscle Stimulation to Stimulate Muscle Protein Synthesis in Humans
Skeletal muscle accounts for approximately 45-55% of total body mass in healthy adults and plays a pivotal role in whole-body metabolic health, locomotion and physical independence.
- Trial name
- PoEMS (NCT05997095)
- Testing
- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES/0
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer, Exercise and Force Development
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a supervised one-leg resistance training program in patients with inoperable lung cancer with the primary outcome being rate of force development.
- Trial name
- NCT05778136
- Testing
- Resistance training
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet