Clinical trials: Muscle Mass and Strength
Strength, Strength Training Effects
Carrying Heavy Shopping Bags and Muscle Function
What Is This Study About? To find out whether carrying heavy shopping bags twice a week can help adults not currently meeting physical activity strength guidelines improve muscle mass, strength, power, and endurance.
- Conditions
- Strength, Strength Training Effects, Resistance Exercise
- Trial name
- NCT07271108
- Testing
- Experimental: Shopping bag carrying
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Glasgow
Sarcopenia
Protein Timing, Lean Mass, Strength and Functional Capacity Gains in Postmenopausal Women
This study evaluated the effect of protein intake immediately after resistance exercise on lean mass, strength, and functional capacity gains in postmenopausal women.
- Trial name
- NCT03372876
- Testing
- Protein and carbohydrate supplementation
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Uberlandia
Cerebral Palsy
HMB Cerebral Palsy Pilot Study
This is a pilot study of β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) + Vitamin D3 supplementation in adolescents with cerebral palsy. The primary objective is to quantify safety, compliance, and acceptability of daily combined HMB + Vitamin…
- Trial name
- NCT05384951
- Testing
- HMB + Vitamin D3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
Sports Physical Therapy
Effects of Free Weight and Machine Training With and Without Aerobic Training Among Body Builders
Effects of free weight and machine training with and without aerobic training among body builders.
- Trial name
- NCT06479564
- Testing
- free weight training and machine training, Aerobic Exercises
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Burns
Xbox Kinect Promote Physical Fitness and Lean Mass in Severely Burned Children
The outcome measures included quadriceps muscle strength as measured using an isokinetic dynamometer, LBM is measured by DEXA and cardiopulmonary fitness was assessed by measuring VO2 peak during a standardized treadmill exercise…
- Trial name
- XboxBurn (NCT04350034)
- Testing
- Xbox training, Control group
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Qassim University
Sarcopenia
High vs Normal Protein Diets, Resistance Exercise, Lean Mass and Strength Gains
This study evaluates the effect of different types of diets (high and normal protein) on lean and fat mass, and strength in postmenopausal women practitioners of resistance exercise.
- Trial name
- NCT03024125
- Testing
- High protein, Normal protein, Training
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Uberlandia
Chronic Disease, Glucocorticoid Therapy, Response to
Efficacy Study of Recombinant Growth Hormone on Muscle Function in Children Long-term Treated With Glucocorticoid
Children suffering from chronic disease and receiving long-term glucocorticoid therapy suffer over years from severe growth retardation and profoundly altered body composition.
- Conditions
- Chronic Disease, Glucocorticoid Therapy, Response to, Growth Retardation
- Trial name
- NCT00813189
- Testing
- GH treatment
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Association REMEDE
Skeletal Disorder
Bone and Muscle Health in Kids
Vitamin D deficiency in childhood leads to poor bone growth and muscle weakness, yet it is unknown if the amount of vitamin D a woman consumes during her pregnancy affects her child's bone and muscle development.
- Trial name
- BONUSKids (NCT03537443)
- Testing
- Cholecalciferol (vitamin D3)
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 642 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Sarcopenia, Physical Fitness
Swedish Physical Activity and Fitness Longitudinal Study
Aging means loss of strength, which can affect the ability to lead an active life and be independent. Physical activity can counteract the loss of strength to some extent, but individual differences are large and the mechanisms…
- Conditions
- Sarcopenia, Physical Fitness, Muscle Strength, Dynapenia
- Trial name
- SPAF (NCT06496204)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 429 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Osteoporosis, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Effects of Low-level Mechanical Vibration on Bone Density in Ambulant Children Affected by Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a X-linked recessive disorder due to a mutation of the dystrophin gene (Xp21). Dystrophin is a sarcolemmal protein of skeletal and cardiac muscle, and its absence causes progressive muscle…
- Trial name
- NCT05281120
- Testing
- Low-level mechanical vibrations WITH vertical sinusoidal acceleration, Low-level mechanical vibrations WITHOUT vertical sinusoidal acceleration
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Ulcerative Colitis
Effects of WB-EMS in Ulcerative Colitis Patients
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of 12 weeks of WB-EMS either applicated passive in a supine resting position or active during slight movements compared with a non-training control group on body composition…
- Trial name
- NCT02144129
- Testing
- active Whole Body Electromyostimulation, Passive WB-EMS, WB-EMS application
- Where
- Germany
- Sponsor
- University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School
Facio-Scapulo-Humeral Dystrophy, FSHD2
Effect of Creatine Monohydrate on Functional Muscle Strength in Children With FSHD
This multi-centre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial will compare changes in strength-related motor function following treatment with creatine monohydrate to treatment with placebo, as measured by the…
- Conditions
- Facio-Scapulo-Humeral Dystrophy, FSHD2, FSHD1
- Trial name
- NCT02948244
- Testing
- Creatine Monohydrate
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute