Clinical trials: Muscle Disuse
Muscle Atrophy, Disuse Atrophy
Effect of Knee Position on Muscle Loss During Leg Immobilization
This study looks at what happens to leg muscles when the knee is kept straight or bent during five days of wearing a brace. We want to find out if keeping the knee bent (so the thigh muscle is stretched) helps prevent muscle loss…
- Conditions
- Muscle Atrophy, Disuse Atrophy, Immobilization
- Trial name
- NCT07690150
- Testing
- Knee immobilization brace (0°) for 5 days, Knee immobilization brace (60°) for 5 days
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
Disuse Atrophy, Aging
Immobilization and Protein Supplementation (IM-PRO)
In the present study, the effects of 5 days of lower limb immobilization with or without twice-daily protein supplementation on muscle mass and muscle fiber characteristics will be determined.
- Trial name
- IM-PRO (NCT01588808)
- Testing
- Immobilization
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Disuse Atrophy
Leucine Supplementation and Skeletal Muscle Disuse
Leucine supplementation is widely known for promoting strong influence on skeletal muscle remodeling. This study aims to evaluate the effect of leucine supplementation on disuse-induced skeletal muscle atrophy.
- Trial name
- NCT01192009
- Testing
- Leucine
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Muscle Weakness
Mitigating Neural Hypoexcitability and Weakness During Disuse in Women
Clinical trial The goal of this clinical trial is to learn how muscle weakness and atrophy develop during short periods of arm immobilization and whether a type of exercise called cross-education can help reduce these effects in…
- Trial name
- MiND (NCT07166198)
- Testing
- Wrist immobilization, Resistance training, Resistance training rehabilitation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kansas State University
Knee Osteoarthritis, Disuse Atrophy
Effects of Kneehab 12-week Peri-operative Total Knee Arthroplasty
Determine the efficacy of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES, Kneehab) in promoting accelerated recovery of quadriceps function in patients recovering from total knee arthroplasty (TKA) as measured by increases in…
- Trial name
- KneehabTKA (NCT01096524)
- Testing
- Standard Physiotherapy, Kneehab
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Bio-Medical Research, Ltd.
Muscle Disuse Atrophy
Strength Training Augmenting Rehabilitation
This project aims to determine whether a novel strength training rehabilitation protocol can diminish the negative consequences of limb immobilization and expedite the restoration of muscle function during retraining in healthy…
- Trial name
- STAR (NCT05097092)
- Testing
- Orthopedic immobilization, Unilateral resistance training, Bilateral resistance training
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas Christian University
Muscle Disuse, Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES)
The Efficacy of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation to Attenuate Muscle Loss
Subjects who are hospitalized in the ICU will be included after 24 hours of intubation during their ICU stay. Twice-daily Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) will be performed on one leg for 2x40 min per day to assess…
- Conditions
- Muscle Disuse, Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES), Critical Illness
- Trial name
- NCT01521637
- Testing
- Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation of m. quadriceps femoris
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Hasselt University
Disuse Atrophy (Muscle) of Lower Extremities, Muscle Function
The Impact of Bed Rest, Aging and NMES on Skeletal Muscle
Loss of muscle mass is common phenotypic trait of muscular disuse and ageing. The loss of muscle mass affects, among others, the ability to maintain homeostasis of glucose metabolism and the energy reservoir in catabolic…
- Conditions
- Disuse Atrophy (Muscle) of Lower Extremities, Muscle Function, Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation, Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis
- Trial name
- NCT05617222
- Testing
- Bed rest, Neuromuscular electrical stimulation
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bispebjerg Hospital
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
Atrophy, Muscular, Atrophy, Disuse
Blood Flow Restricted Electrical Stimulation During Immobilisation
Following injury or surgery to a limb, it is often immobilised to allow tissue healing. Short periods of disuse cause loss of muscle size and strength and impaired mechanical properties of tendons, which leads to reduced…
- Trial name
- NCT05093985
- Testing
- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation with blood flow restriction
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St Mary's University College
Immobilization, Muscle Disuse Atrophy
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation During Immobilization Due to Ankle Fractures
Rationale: Situations such as fractures of the lower extremity can necessitate a prolonged period of immobilization in otherwise healthy individuals.
- Trial name
- ANKL-ES (NCT02469506)
- Testing
- Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Atrophy, Disuse, Insulin Resistance
Bedrest, Feeding Pattern, and Insulin Sensitivity
In the present study, the investigators will assess the impact of two different feeding patterns (continuous vs intermittent) on insulin sensitivity and muscle mass following bedrest.
- Trial name
- NCT02521025
- Testing
- Intermittent feeding pattern, Continuous feeding pattern
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Muscle Atrophy, Muscle Disuse Atrophy
Examining Sex-based Differences in Metabolic and Mechanistic Responses to Disuse Induced Muscle Atrophy
The purpose of the proposed research is to define whether there are differences between females and males (i.e. sex-based differences) in the metabolic and mechanistic regulation of disuse-induced muscle atrophy in vivo in humans.
- Trial name
- NCT05314413
- Testing
- Single Leg Immobilization
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University