Clinical trials: Muscular Weakness
Delivery; Trauma, Pelvic Floor; Perineal Rupture, Obstetric
Perineal Preparation for Pregnant Ladies.
Pregnant participants will be recruited at the obstetrics outpatient clinic during their visits 4 weeks before the due date. They are randomized into two groups. The first group will be educated to do digital perineal massage.
- Conditions
- Delivery; Trauma, Pelvic Floor; Perineal Rupture, Obstetric, Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness
- Trial name
- NCT03287258
- Testing
- 3 program, one program
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kasr El Aini Hospital
Low Back Pain, Muscle Weakness
NASM OPT for Gluteal Enhancement in Non-Athletic Women: An RCT
This RCT evaluates a 12-week NASM OPT program targeting gluteal muscle strength, hip aesthetics (shape, lift, circumference), and low back pain in 120 non-athletic women.
- Conditions
- Low Back Pain, Muscle Weakness, Body Image Disturbance
- Trial name
- GlutealEnhan (NCT06977958)
- Testing
- NASM OPT Group, General Exercise Group
- Where
- Iran
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sistan and Baluchestan
Muscle Weakness
Mitochondria and Muscle Health in Elderly
The aim of this study is to characterize the relation between skeletal muscle mitochondrial metabolism and muscle health in elderly, physically compromised humans.
- Trial name
- ELMIH (NCT03666013)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University
MULTIPL SCLEROSİS
Comparison of Frailty, Physical Fitness Parameters, and Irisin Levels Between Patients With Multiple Sclerosis and Healthy Volunteers
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic immune-mediated and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system that often affects young adults and is more common in women.
- Trial name
- NCT07521982
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 782 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baskent University
Can Blood Flow Restriction Therapy Augments Strength Gains in the Rotator Cuff, Muscle Weakness
Can Blood Flow Restriction Therapy Improve Strength and Cross-Sectional Area for Shoulder External Rotators Better Than Exercise Alone?
This 8-week study will investigate whether the application of blood flow restriction (BFR) therapy augments rotator cuff strength in untrained individuals. This is a RCT with subjects randomized to a BFR or non-BFR group.
- Trial name
- NCT04596020
- Testing
- Blood Flow Restriction Group (exercise with blood flow restriction using a Delfi unit)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- George Fox University
Aging, Muscle Weakness
Leg Heat Therapy in Elderly Individuals
This pilot randomized, sham-controlled trial aimed to establish the feasibility and safety of home-based leg HT in community-dwelling older adults and inform the design of a future, larger study.
- Trial name
- NCT05543980
- Testing
- Leg heat therapy device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Aging, Fall
ABLE (Arts-Based Exercise Enhancing LongEvity)
Older adults who are referred to home care physiotherapy often only get to see the physiotherapist three to five times and are expected to continue exercising on their own.
- Conditions
- Aging, Fall, Muscle Weakness, Mobility Limitation
- Trial name
- NCT03675490
- Testing
- ABLE - exercise with interactive technology
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Muscle Weakness
Delivra Topical Creatine for Improving Muscular Power
Creatine is a nutritional supplement that is often ingested to improve exercise performance. The advent of a new product that is applied to the skin overlying muscle offers potential benefit, if the creatine can be targeted to…
- Trial name
- NCT02960425
- Testing
- Delivra TM Livsport preworkout cream
- Where
- 3 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 123 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
Smoking Cessation, Body Composition, Beneficial
The Effect of Cigarette Smoking / Smoking Cessation on Skeletal Muscle Mass, Strength and Functional Capabilities
Tobacco smoke is probably the single most significant source of toxic chemicals that humans are exposed to. Smoking is associated with a variety of pathological conditions such as cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.
- Conditions
- Smoking Cessation, Body Composition, Beneficial, Muscle Weakness
- Trial name
- NCT02128048
- Testing
- Assessment of body composition and muscle function
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
Muscle Atrophy or Weakness, Muscle Contraction
Core Exercises Effects on Muscle Imbalances
This study aims in investigating the effects of a core muscles' strengthening program on core muscles' atrophy and contraction ability.
- Conditions
- Muscle Atrophy or Weakness, Muscle Contraction, Core Stability
- Trial name
- NCT04450615
- Testing
- Core stability
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Athanasios Ellinoudis
Cerebral Palsy, Muscle Hypertonia
Hypertonia in Patients With Cerebral Palsy
This study will classify types of hypertonia in patients with cerebral palsy and determine if the classifications are reasonable in relation to the functional task of walking. Hypertonia is an abnormal increase in muscle tension.
- Trial name
- NCT00123708
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
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, Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D and Physical Performance Before and After Intervention and Birth Outcome in Pregnant Somali and Swedish Women
Somali migrant women, often in veiled clothing, living in a town in mid Sweden on the 60:th parallel were observed to be weak and to have a waddling gate.
- Trial name
- NCT02922803
- Testing
- 1 combination tablet of Vitamin D3/calcium per day, 2 combination tablets of Vitamin D3/calcium per day
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 123 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Smartphone Addiction, Muscle Weakness Condition
The Effect Of Smartphone Addiction On Trunk Muscles Performance In Adolescents
Statement of the problem: Does overuse of the smartphones affect trunk muscles performance in normal adolescents it will be assumed that There will be no affection of smartphone addiction on trunk muscles performance in normal…
- Conditions
- Smartphone Addiction, Muscle Weakness Condition, Adolescents
- Trial name
- NCT06120738
- Where
- 2 sites in Egypt
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Hypermobility, Joint, Muscle Weakness
"Core" Muscle Endurance, Upper Extremity Muscle Strength, Grip Strength, and Hand-eye Coordination in Generalized Joint Hypermobility
Every individual with joint hypermobility may not apply to a health institution because they do not have a complaint that will affect their daily life.
- Conditions
- Hypermobility, Joint, Muscle Weakness, Coordination Lack
- Trial name
- NCT05896722
- Testing
- Core muscle endurance, Upper extremity muscle strength, Grip strength
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bezmialem Vakif University
Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness, Urinary Incontinence
The Effect of Pelvic Floor Exercise on Urinary Incontinence and Quality of Sex Life
This physiotherapist-guided group training programme should be performed in both the supine and the sitting positions; it is investigated, which is better and more cost-effective in patient motivation.
- Trial name
- NCT04577872
- Testing
- Pelvic floor muscle training
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Szeged University
Muscle Weakness
Investigation the Effect of Rectus Abdominis and Erector Spinae Muscle Fatigue on the Viscoelastic Properties of Thoracolumbal Fascia
The rectus abdominis, which enables the trunk to flex with its activation, and the erector spinae muscles, which provide trunk extension with its activation, are among the structures located in the core region and involved in the…
- Trial name
- NCT06432062
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Saglik Bilimleri University
Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Muscular Weakness
Neuromusuclar Adaptations in the Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes joint inflammation and progressive joint destruction. Rheumatoid cachexia is one of the structural manifestations of RA, and consists of a reduction in muscle…
- Trial name
- NCT03543488
- Testing
- Neuromuscular and functional capacity tests
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Muscle Weakness, Myalgia
Coenzyme Q10 in Older Athletes Treated With Statin Medications
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of coenzyme Q10 administration in improving mitochondrial function as measured by anaerobic threshold in older athletes on a stable dose of statin medication.
- Conditions
- Muscle Weakness, Myalgia, Side Effects of Statins
- Trial name
- NCT01026311
- Testing
- Coenzyme q 10
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Richard Deichmann, MD
Muscle Weakness Condition
Low Resistance Venous Blood Flow Restriction Training (LR-VBFRT) on Biceps Brachii Muscle Performance
Resistance training has been widely recognized as an effective stimulus for increasing skeletal muscle size and strength. This study intends to compare the effects of high resistance training without blood flow restriction and…
- Trial name
- NCT04181671
- Testing
- Low Resistance training with venous blood flow restriction, High Resistance training
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University