Clinical trials: Contractions
Healthy
The Effect of Thermotherapy on Recovery and Performance
This study investigates the effects of cooling on the recovery and performance characteristic in young healthy subjects. The study is divided in two projects: Project A: investigates the effects of 20 min.
- Trial name
- Cryotherapy (NCT02506283)
- Testing
- Zamar Therapy CT clinic
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
Pregnancy
Effects of Light on Melatonin and Contractions in Pregnant Women
Specific Aim: Test the hypothesis that ocular light exposure will suppress melatonin secretion and reduce uterine contractions in women at late term pregnancies. Secondary aim.
- Trial name
- NCT01863446
- Testing
- Lighting1, Lighting2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Skin Laxity
Measuring Renuvion Soft Tissue Contraction Using Ultrasound
This is a prospective, single-center, non-randomized study of up to 5 subjects who are receiving treatment with the Renuvion APR system following power-assisted liposuction in the abdomen per investigator standard of care.
- Trial name
- NCT05968495
- Testing
- Renuvion APR Handpiece
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Apyx Medical
Preterm Birth
Pilot Study to Evaluate a Prototype Electronic Uterine Inhibitor to Prevent Preterm Contractions
Use an electrical-inhibition (EI)/uterine pacemaker device similar to an electrical heart pacemaker to deliver a weak electrical current to the human uterus that will rapidly and safely inhibit the unwanted premature uterine…
- Trial name
- NCT00212446
- Testing
- Electrical Intervention (EI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Contraction
Noninvasive Monitoring of Uterine Electrical Activity and Fetal Heart Rate: A New External Monitoring Device
The EUM (electrical uterine myography) (OB Tools, Israel) was tested and found to be reliable as a non-invasive method for evaluating uterine contractions and the fetal heart rate.
- Trial name
- EUM (NCT02993354)
- Testing
- The EUM300 (electrical uterine myography)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Premature Atrial Contraction
Magnesium Supplementation for the Prevention of Supraventricular Arrhythmias
The primary objective of this research is to determine whether oral magnesium supplementation in healthy, community-living individuals will be associated with reductions in the burden of arrhythmias in the upper chambers of the…
- Trial name
- NCT02837328
- Testing
- Oral Magnesium Supplement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Pregnancy; Habitual Aborter, Weeks of Gestation 37 or More
Accuracy and Reliability of Fetal Heart Rate and Uterine Contraction Monitoring Method
Clinical Investigation Protocol for a study designed to determine the equivalence of the Monica AN24 monitor to Philips 50XM for fetal heart rate (FHR) and uterine contraction (UC) monitoring during labor.
- Trial name
- NCT01280357
- Testing
- Monica AN24 (K101081), Philips 50XM
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Monica Healthcare Ltd
Chest Pain Atypical Syndrome
Is Non-Cardiac Chest Pain Caused by Sustained Longitudinal Smooth Muscle Contraction?
Non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP) is a common disorder whose pathophysiology is poorly understood. Some evidence suggests it may be related to sustained esophageal contractions (SECs) of longitudinal smooth muscle.
- Trial name
- NCT01839058
- Testing
- Esophageal Manometry
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's University
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Impact of Muscle and Tendon Dysfunction in People With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes is a chronic-degenerative metabolic disorder that has reached pandemic proportions mainly because of the increasing incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D).
- Trial name
- T2D_MTU (NCT05585502)
- Testing
- Training (minute oscillation stretching)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universita di Verona
Neuromuscular Function, Muscle Activation
Mechanistic Drivers of Acute PAPE Responsiveness: Muscle Architecture, Contractile Kinetics, and Excitability in a Randomized Controlled Trial
The goal of this study is to find out if one short set of heavy half-squats can help football players jump higher right away-and to understand what happens inside their muscles and nerves to make that boost happen.
- Conditions
- Neuromuscular Function, Muscle Activation, Postactivation Potentiation, Ultrasonography
- Trial name
- NCT06982937
- Testing
- High-Intensity Half-Squat, Treadmill running
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice