Clinical trials: Muscle Contraction
Muscle Oxygenation
Evaluation of Muscle Oxygen With MRI
Demonstration of soft tissue hypoxia on MRI using external compression and muscle contraction.
- Trial name
- NCT07638384
- Testing
- Compression and Contraction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Healthy
Reference Values for the One Repetition Maximum Test of Knee Extensors for Brazilians.
Muscle strength is important for health and can affect how well people live, even increasing the risk of death in adults and older people.
- Trial name
- NCT06648421
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Estadual de Londrina
Healthy Adult Participants
Physiological Responses to Upper Limb NMES
The primary objective of this study is to explore the application of the Firefly® device for delivering NMES to anatomically defined regions of the upper limb and to observe associated physiological changes.
- Trial name
- NCT07635979
- Testing
- Firefly NMES device
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Kieron.Day
Low Back Pain
Manipulation Effects on Abdominal Muscles
The purpose of this study is to understand how different physical therapy interventions affect the use of certain abdominal muscles in patients with low back pain.
- Trial name
- NCT01745939
- Testing
- Lumbar Manipulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Exercise-induced Muscle Damage
Effects of Inter-Set Rest Intervals on Muscle Damage After Flywheel Exercise in Untrained Men (RCT)
This randomized parallel-group clinical trial will compare the acute effects of three different inter-set rest intervals during a single lower-limb flywheel resistance exercise session in untrained men.
- Trial name
- NCT07679971
- Testing
- Flywheel resistance exercise with 1-minute inter-set rest, Flywheel resistance exercise with 2-minute inter-set rest, Flywheel resistance exercise with 3-minute inter-set rest
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Vicosa
Kinesio Taping Effects on Knee Extension Force
Kinesio Taping Effects on Knee Extension Force Among Soccer Players
Kinesio Taping (KT) is used often, but there is little scientific information on its effect. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of KT on knee extension force among soccer players.
- Trial name
- NCT02167126
- Testing
- Kinesio Taping
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Franca
Postural Balance
Effects of Two Compression Socks on Balance and Ankle Stability in Healthy Adults
This randomized study will compare a novel tensioning compression sock with a commercially available elastic foot and ankle compression sock in healthy adults.
- Trial name
- Not provided (NCT07812454)
- Testing
- Novel Tensioning Compression Sock, Elastic Compression Sock
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Central Florida
Subluxation of Joint of Lumbar Spine
The Effects of Spinal Manipulation on Central Nervous System Activity Measured by Reflexive Calf Muscle Recruitment
This study investigated the effects of spinal manipulation on central nervous system activity. The presence of postactivation potentiation, an increase in muscular force production following prior muscular contractions, was…
- Trial name
- NCT02848456
- Testing
- Spinal Manipulation, Max Voluntary Isometric Contraction, SM+MVIC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Grant Sanders
Healthy
Lower Limb Mechanical Characteristics: Effect on Running Mechanics and Energetics
Inter-individual variability in energetic cost of running may be partly explained by lower limbs mechanical characteristics. The transposition of muscle mechanical model with two components (contractile and elastic) to the whole…
- Trial name
- NCT00522561
- Testing
- energetic and non invasive limb mechanical measurements
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Athlete's Heart or Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: Contribution of Exercise Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR)
Prospective, nonrandomized, single-center, comparative study to define if right ventricular (RV) contractile reserve assessed by exercise CMR helps to improve the differential diagnosis between pathological and physiological…
- Trial name
- CA2VD (NCT05024708)
- Testing
- Cardiac exercises and tests
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rennes University Hospital
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Mulligan Manual Therapy and Trunk Stabilization Exercises Versus Isometric Knee Strengthening on Knee Osteoarthritis
Knee joint arthritis posses a serious health problem and caring for an individual with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) produces a great burden on society.
- Trial name
- NCT04099017
- Testing
- Mulligan Joint mobilization, Trunk stabilization group, Knee strengthening group
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Dow University of Health Sciences
Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Scintigraphic Evaluation of Contractile and Coronary Reserve in Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
According to single-photon emission computed tomography, the left ventricular contractile and coronary flow reserve (CFR) will be assessed in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy.
- Trial name
- SciCoRIC (NCT04508608)
- Testing
- Stress Gated blood pool SPECT, Dynamic SPECT
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness
What is the Best Verbal Instruction for Contraction the Pelvic Floor Muscles?
The aim of this study is to T to compare the effectiveness of producing a pelvic floor muscle contraction by different verbal instruction.
- Trial name
- NCT03400540
- Testing
- verbal instruction
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Haifa
Stroke
Eccentric Contraction-based Resistance Exercise for Chronic Stroke Patients
The purpose of this study is to develop an evidence-based rehabilitation treatment method suitable for recovery and improvement of physical function in chronic stroke patients using an eccentric overload flywheel device.
- Trial name
- NCT04600050
- Testing
- usual care and exercise education, Eccentric exercise
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Contraction of Pelvic Floor Muscle Using EMS
User Evaluation in Healthy Volunteers to Verify no Pelvic Floor Contraction is Stimulated When the Modified Neurotech Vital Device is Used Compared to the Neurotech Vital Device
This user evaluation study is to verify that the Modified Neurotech Vital Device does not stimulate the pelvic floor muscles compared with the Neurotech Vital Device.
- Trial name
- BMR-12-1002 (NCT01614730)
- Testing
- Modified Neurotech Vital Device, Neurotech Vital Device
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bio-Medical Research, Ltd.
Muscle Fatigue
Effect of the Different Methods of Kinesiology Taping on the Muscle Contraction Performance of Fatigued Biceps Brachii
Recently, kinesiology tape is a common intervention in clinic and sport. According to the theory mentioned by the founder (Dr. Kenzo Kase), the elasticity of kinesiology tape has different effects from different taping skill.
- Trial name
- NCT04487184
- Testing
- Kinesiology taping
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taoyuan General Hospital
Focal Hand Dystonia
Muscle Contraction in Patients With Focal Hand Dystonia
This study will examine and compare brain activity in people with focal hand dystonia (FHD) and healthy volunteers to obtain further knowledge about the underlying cause of FHD.
- Trial name
- NCT00376753
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness
Effect of Verbal Instruction on Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction in Post Stroke Patients
The aim of this study is to investigate which verbal instruction will lead to the most efficient contraction of pelvic floor muscles in post stroke patients.
- Trial name
- NCT03903627
- Testing
- verbal instruction
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- University of Haifa
Muscle Weakness, Critical Illness
Electromagnetic Stimulation of the Phrenic Nerve in Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Patients (STIMIT-II)
Ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction is a common issue in critically ill patients. Muscle stimulation has shown to have beneficial effects in muscle groups on the extremities.
- Conditions
- Muscle Weakness, Critical Illness, Mechanical Ventilation Complication
- Trial name
- STIMIT-II (NCT05238753)
- Testing
- Non-invasive electromagnetic stimulation
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Muscle Strength, Sport Injury
Relationship Between the Functional Movement Screen and Isokinetic Muscle Strength of Knee in Different Sport Branches
This study was conducted to demonstrate the correlation between the functional movement screen and the isokinetic muscle strength with objective data.
- Conditions
- Muscle Strength, Sport Injury, Muscle Contraction
- Trial name
- NCT05964556
- Testing
- Functional Movement Screen (FMS), Isokinetic Muscle Evulation of Knee Muscles
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital