Clinical trials: Muscle Weakness
Stroke, Hemiparesis
Mapping Corticoreticulospinal Motor Control in Chronic Hemiparetic Stroke
This study uses functional magnetic resonance imaging to map neural activity throughout the central nervous system during a shoulder abduction task to characterize what motor pathways are being used post-stroke.
- Trial name
- NCT06598150
- Testing
- Shoulder Abduction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Critical Illness Myopathy, Critical Illness Polyneuropathy
Improved Recovery of Walking in Acquired Muscle Weakness
The aim of Re-Walk-Easy is to evaluate the effects of rehabilitation based on electrical stimulation on the motor performance of critically ill patients.
- Trial name
- Re-Walk-Easy (NCT06786390)
- Testing
- Rehabilitation protocol: FES, Rehabilitation protocol without FES
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ETS
Muscle Weakness, Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal
Assessing the Effect of Shatavari Supplementation on Bone and Skeletal Muscle Health in Healthy Postmenopausal Women
Shatavari is a plant that grows in Nepal, Sri Lanka, India and the Himalayas and its root has long been used in Ayurvedic medicine.
- Trial name
- NCT05025917
- Testing
- Shatavari, Magnesium stearate
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Exeter
Postural Imbalance, Muscle Weakness
Effects of Corrective Exercises in Adolescent Fencers
The goal is to learn if a Functional Corrective Training (FCT) exercise program improves posture, core muscle endurance, jumping ability, and reaction time in adolescent fencers.
- Conditions
- Postural Imbalance, Muscle Weakness, Athletic Performance
- Trial name
- FMS exercise (NCT06927778)
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Copd, Muscle Weakness
Mechanical Muscle Proprieties in Patient with COPD
This study aims to determine if patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) exhibit altered muscle properties (specifically changes in tone and stiffness) in both their respiratory muscles and skeletal muscles when…
- Conditions
- Copd, Muscle Weakness, Muscle Weakness Condition
- Trial name
- NCT06410950
- Testing
- MyotonPRO Assessment of Muscle Biomechanical Properties
- Where
- Romania
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Spitalul Clinic de Boli Infecțioase și Pneumoftiziologie Dr. Victor Babeș Timișoara
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Polyneuropathy Diabetes
Resistance Training in Patients With Diabetic Neuropathy
This is a population-based study of type 2 diabetes patients with and without neuropathy recruited from the Danish National Type 2 Diabetes cohort (DD2).
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Polyneuropathy Diabetes, Diabetes Complications, Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
- Trial name
- NCT03252132
- Testing
- 12-week resistance training
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 109 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Danish Pain Research Center
Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Breathing, Sleep-Disordered
Cheeks Appearance as a Novel Predictor of Obstructive Sleep Apnea The CASA Score Study
Cheeks appearance is a screening tool developed based on cheeks observation to identify volume, flaccidity or both to predict people with probable obstructive sleep apnea.
- Conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Breathing, Sleep-Disordered, Muscle Weakness, Muscle Disorder
- Trial name
- CASA (NCT04980586)
- Testing
- CASA score protocol to Non-obstructive sleep apnea Group, CASA score protocol to Mild obstructive sleep apnea Group, CASA score protocol to Moderate obstructive sleep apnea Group
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 319 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
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
Intensive Care Unit Syndrome, Muscle Weakness
Inspiratory Muscle Training and Expiratory Muscle Thickness
the specific effect of IMT on expiratory muscle strength and abdominal wall thickness during weaning remains unclear. To address this significant research gap, the primary objective of our study was to evaluate the effect of IMT…
- Conditions
- Intensive Care Unit Syndrome, Muscle Weakness, Rehabilitation
- Trial name
- NCT06251791
- Testing
- conventional physiotherapy+ IMT, conventional physiotherapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Demiroglu Bilim University
Sarcopenic Obesity, Muscle Weakness
Mechanisms of Age-Related Muscle Loss
Two independent, but interrelated conditions that have a growing impact on healthy life expectancy and health care costs in developed nations are the age related loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia) and obesity.
- Conditions
- Sarcopenic Obesity, Muscle Weakness, Protein Metabolism Disorder, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- NCT03113279
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Birmingham
Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
Nuclear Magnetic Spectroscopy Imaging to Evaluate Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
This study will use a magnetic resonance imaging technique called nuclear magnetic spectroscopy (H-MRS) to define the pathology and progression of primary lateral sclerosis, hereditary spastic paraplegia and amyotrophic lateral…
- Conditions
- Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Trial name
- NCT00023075
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Healthy Participants
Pain Inhibition With Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the pain relieving effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation that is applied for the purpose of increasing muscle force output.
- Trial name
- NCT05280522
- Testing
- Volitional Contractions (VOL), Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES), Noxious Electrical Stimulation (NXES)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New England
Childhood Cancer, Muscle Weakness
Imaging Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial OXPHOS Activity In Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survivors
The participants are being asked to take part in this trial, because the participant is a survivor of childhood cancer or agreed to be part of a volunteer group to understand the relation between cancer and cancer treatment and…
- Trial name
- NCT06819475
- Testing
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Physical function assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Stroke Rehabilitation
Muscle Strength Loss In Stroke Individuals - Control Study
ABSTRACT The muscle strength (MS) is necessary to overcome the resistance encountered during the activity. The present study aims to determine MS loss in stroke individuals (SI).
- Trial name
- NCT04395209
- Testing
- assesment
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pamukkale University
Muscle Weakness Conditions
Biomedical Instrumentation in the Study of Mirror Therapy in Elderly's Hands Motor Activity
Check if the Mirror therapy represents an effective method in improving the motor activity of the hands of institutionalized elderly.
- Trial name
- NCT02104102
- Testing
- Mirror Therapy, Kinesiotherapy
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade do Vale do Paraíba
Oxidative Stress, Inflammation
Oxidative Stress and Nutritional Supplementation Intervention Study
A major means whereby oxidative stress promotes aging-related disease is by activating inflammatory pathways. Decreasing oxidative stress and inflammation should ameliorate many of the problems associated with aging, including…
- Conditions
- Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, Aging, Dementia
- Trial name
- Oxi-Stress (NCT01234506)
- Testing
- secoisolariciresinol diglucoside
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
Stroke, Hemiparesis
Sideways Treadmill Training to Improve Paretic Leg Stepping in Persons Post-Stroke
People who are living in the community following a stroke fall frequently. The ability to take a step in response to a balance disturbance helps to prevent falls but stroke survivors tend not to step with their paretic leg in…
- Trial name
- NCT02516176
- Testing
- treadmill training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Developing New Ways to Detect Respiratory Impairment Early in ALS
The goal of this observational study is to develop new ways to detect early changes associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
- Trial name
- NCT07844590
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University
Muscle Weakness, Bone Health
Healthy Older People Everyday (HOPE) - Role of Healthy Diet on Muscle and Bone Health
Certain clinical syndromes eg frailty, sarcopenia, dementia, depression, cognitive impairment, vision impairment and falls in older adults carry an increased risk for poor health outcomes and if identified early, can be…
- Conditions
- Muscle Weakness, Bone Health, Cognitive Decline
- Trial name
- HOPE-DIET (NCT03786835)
- Testing
- Protein supplementation and regular physical activity
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University Hospital, Singapore
Muscle Strength, Muscle Weakness
Reliability and Validation of New Manual Dynamometer to Measure Lower Limb Strength
INTRODUCTION: There are several ways to assess muscle strength: not only subjective ways, but also high standard equipment, such as isokinetic dynamometers. These, however, are expensive, and require extensive training.
- Trial name
- NCT05573139
- Testing
- Assessment of muscle strength by manual dynamometry
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo