Clinical trials: Skeletal Muscle Performance
Local Muscular Endurance and Fatigue, NIRS Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Capacity
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Acute Taurine Supplementation, and Isolated Muscular Endurance and Fatigue Resistance in Young Healthy Adults
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the association between near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-derived mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) capacity of the vastus lateralis muscles, and both local muscular…
- Conditions
- Local Muscular Endurance and Fatigue, NIRS Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Capacity, Acute Taurine Supplementation
- Trial name
- NCT07654946
- Testing
- Acute Taurine Supplementation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Louisiana State University and A&M College
Weight Loss, Other Effects of High Altitude
Substrate Utilization, Exercise Performance, and Skeletal Muscle Response to Energy Deficit and Altitude Acclimatization
This research will evaluate nutrition requirements for missions at high altitude (i.e. >7800 feet above sea level) and the information obtained can be used to optimize nutrient content specifications for combat rations.
- Trial name
- NCT02731066
- Testing
- Standard pro, High pro, carbo bev
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Placebo, Tetraselmis Chuii
TetraSOD® Supplementation and Skeletal Muscle Redox Gene Expression
Tetraselmis chuii (TetraSOD) is a marine microalgae that has been reported to improve antioxidant responses in human skeletal muscle cells treated with TetraSOD and to improve recovery from muscle damaging exercise in humans…
- Trial name
- NCT06822556
- Testing
- Tetraselmis chuii
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Loughborough University
Performance Enhancing Product Use
Investigating the Post-Activation Performance Enhancement Effects on Skeletal Muscles Under Varied Loading Conditions
With the advancement of sports science, Post-Activation Potentiation (PAP) has become a focal point of research, garnering significant attention for its underlying physiological mechanisms.
- Trial name
- NCT06464120
- Testing
- Increasing load strength training, Constant load strength training
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
Skeletal Muscle Damage
Recovery Kinetics Following a Soccer Training in Middle-aged Males
This study aims at investigating the recovery kinetics of skeletal muscle damage, neuromuscular fatigue and performance following a single soccer trainning session in middle aged males.
- Trial name
- NCT06260215
- Testing
- ST
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Thessaly
Muscle, Skeletal, High-Intensity Interval Training
Whey Protein Support to Metabolic and Performance Adaptations in Response HIIT
High intensity interval training (HIIT) has recently emerged as a time efficient alternative to conventional endurance exercise, conferring similar or superior benefits in terms of metabolic and performance adaptations in both…
- Conditions
- Muscle, Skeletal, High-Intensity Interval Training, Exercise
- Trial name
- NCT03570424
- Testing
- Nutrient support to HIIT
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Limerick
Sarcopenia, Falls
A Pilot Study of the Impact of Vitamin D3 on Muscle Performance in Elderly Women
The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of vitamin D on muscle tissue and physical performance.
- Trial name
- NCT00986596
- Testing
- vitamin D3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Heat-suit Endurance Training, Non-heat-suit Endurance Training
Effects of Heat-suit Training on Biological and Performance Characteristics in Elite Cyclists
The overall objective of the study is to investigate the effects of five weeks of heat-suit training on training-associated changes in hemoglobin mass, skeletal muscle characteristics and endurance exercise performance in elite…
- Trial name
- HeatME (NCT04611646)
- Testing
- Heat-suit endurance training, Non-heat-suit endurance training
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Upper Limb Spasticity (Altered Skeletal Muscle Performance) in Children
Efficacy And Safety Of Dysport In The Treatment Of Upper Limb Spasticity In Children
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of multiple doses of Dysport used in the treatment of upper limb spasticity (altered skeletal muscle performance) in children with cerebral palsy (CP).
- Trial name
- PUL (NCT02106351)
- Testing
- Botulinum toxin type A
- Where
- 31 sites in United States, Belgium and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 212 people
- Sponsor
- Ipsen
Healthy Adult Participants, Exercise Training
The Effect of Olive Leaf Extract Supplementation on Training-induced Skeletal Muscle Functional and Molecular Adaptations in Healthy Volunteers
The goal of this study is to investigate the effect of combining olive leaf extract supplementation with endurance training (moderate intensity continuous training or sprint interval training).
- Conditions
- Healthy Adult Participants, Exercise Training, Neuromuscular Adaptations, Nutritional Intervention
- Trial name
- OLE_Training_1 (NCT07729072)
- Testing
- Olive leaf extract
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Lausanne
Skeletal Muscle Damage, Muscle Inflammation
Protein Supplementation and Muscle Recovery in Football
Soccer is an intermittent sport including a high number of powerful actions such as accelerations, decelerations, changes of direction, jumps and impacts that incorporate a strong eccentric component and may therefore lead to…
- Conditions
- Skeletal Muscle Damage, Muscle Inflammation, Muscle Recovery, Soccer Performance
- Trial name
- PRO-FOOTBALL (NCT03348267)
- Testing
- Milk protein isolate
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Thessaly
Healthy Adult, Cyclists
Musculotendinous Adaptations to Strength and Endurance Training in Cyclists
This study investigated whether adding strength training to regular endurance training improves performance and muscle function in competitive cyclists.
- Conditions
- Healthy Adult, Cyclists, Athletes
- Trial name
- STEND (NCT07658300)
- Testing
- Strength training, Endurance training
- Where
- Lithuania
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lithuanian Sports University
Sarcopenia
Skeletal Muscle Apoptosis and Physical Performance; Oxidative RNA/DNA Damage and Repair in Aged Human Muscle
The age-related loss of muscle mass and strength, also termed sarcopenia, is a commonly recognized consequence of aging and has been associated with frailty, functional loss, hospitalization, and increased mortality among older…
- Trial name
- NCT01644279
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Exercise, Overreaching
Impact of Training Load on the Gut miCrobiome And Its Relation to exeRcise Performance, mUscle Phenotype, and markerS of Overreaching in Healthy Men
The goal of this study is to learn how different amounts of supervised indoor cycling training change gut health (gut bacteria, the substances gut bacteria make, and the gut barrier integrity), and how these changes relate to…
- Conditions
- Exercise, Overreaching, Butyrate, Gut Microbiome
- Trial name
- ICARUS (NCT07481578)
- Testing
- Supplement, Moderate load exercise training, High load exercise training
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stefan De Smet
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
Spinal Cord Injury
Blood Flow Restriction Exercise for Those With SCI
Spinal cord injuries (SCI) are among the most debilitating conditions an individual can sustain with the estimates of SCI incidence in the United States at 12,000 new cases per year.
- Trial name
- NCT04889092
- Testing
- Blood Flow Restriction exercise, Traditional resistance exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Skeletal Muscle Performance, Gene Polymorphisms
Assessment of the Impact of N-acetylcysteine Supplementation on Physical Performance
Study aims to verify the hypothesis: N-acetylcysteine (NAC) supplementation improves exercise capacity in people training endurance sports and the effectiveness of this supplementation depends on the polymorphism of genes related…
- Trial name
- NCT05604586
- Testing
- N-acetylcysteine
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Poznan University of Life Sciences
Healthy, Cyclists
Effects of Including Sprints During Low-intensity Cycling Exercises on Performance and Muscle/Blood Characteristics
To investigate the effects of Including 30-s sprints during low-intensity cycling exercises during a training camp on performance and muscle/blood characterisitcs in elite cyclists
- Trial name
- NCT04640883
- Testing
- Inclusion of sprints during low-intensity cycling during a 14-day training camp (high training load), Low-intensity cycling during a 14-day training camp (high training load), Recovery for 10 days (low training load)
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Aging, Obesity
Resistance Exercise Training in the Older Population With Obesity
Background: Aging leads to an alteration in the immune response, characterized by a chronic inflammatory state, and a progressive decrease in muscle quantity and quality, a situation that increases in women and in the presence of…
- Trial name
- RETOPO (NCT06367296)
- Testing
- Prolonged resistance exercise training
- Where
- 2 sites in Chile
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de La Frontera
Advanced Lung Cancer, Sarcopenia
Differences in Rate of Decline in CT-defined Skeletal Muscle Mass and Physical Performance in Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy and Targeted Therapy/Immunotherapy, Before and After Treatment.
Lung cancer is a common disease leading to 18 % of cancer deaths worldwide. Despite various improvement in treatment, there still remains low 5-year survival rate of 10-20 % in advanced lung cancer patients.
- Trial name
- NCT06326086
- Testing
- Chemotherapy drug, Targeted Agent, Immunotherapy
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prince of Songkla University