Clinical trials: Skeletal Muscle
Healthy Adult, Cyclists
Musculotendinous Adaptations to Strength and Endurance Training in Cyclists
This study investigated whether adding strength training to regular endurance training improves performance and muscle function in competitive cyclists.
- Conditions
- Healthy Adult, Cyclists, Athletes
- Trial name
- STEND (NCT07658300)
- Testing
- Strength training, Endurance training
- Where
- Lithuania
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lithuanian Sports University
Moderate to Severe COPD Receiving Home Exercise Training
Mobile-phone-based Home Exercise in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Background: Moderate-intensity exercise training improves skeletal muscle aerobic capacity and increased oxidative enzyme activity, as well as exercise tolerance in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients.
- Trial name
- NCT01631019
- Testing
- Mobile-phone-based Home Exercise Training Program, Home Exercise Training Program
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Duchene Muscular Dystrophy, Becker Muscular Dystrophy
Multiparametric Ultrafast Ultrasound Biomarkers for Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophies
The purpose of this research study is to determine the potential of a multiparametric ultrasound approach to non-invasively monitor disease progression and to serve as an objective outcome measure for future clinical trials in…
- Trial name
- INNOVAN (NCT07378553)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Healthy
BCAAs, Muscle Protein Synthesis and Glucose Uptake
The present study aims to quantify the insulin sensitivity and the skeletal muscle protein synthetic response to consuming a test drink containing all amino acids or all amino acids except for BCAAs.
- Trial name
- NCT06218264
- Testing
- Ingestion of an amino acid supplement
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
Spinal Cord Injury
Exoskeletal-assisted Walking Combined With Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation: Effect on Imaging and Serum Biomarkers of Skeletal Muscle Mass and Bone Strength.
Immobilization following spinal cord injury (SCI) results in muscle and bone loss below the level of injury, which ultimately predisposes to fracture at several sites throughout the legs and can lead to several medical…
- Trial name
- NCT07418398
- Testing
- Exoskeleton-Assisted Walking (EAW), Active Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation (tSCS)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Exercise Induced Muscle Damage, Physical Activity
Walk It Off! the Influence of Physical Activity Level on the Recovery from Damaging Resistance Exercise
After completing novel activity or exercise we may experience exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD), resulting in a period of reduced muscle function and delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS).
- Conditions
- Exercise Induced Muscle Damage, Physical Activity, Inflammation, Exercise Recovery
- Trial name
- WIO (NCT06810271)
- Testing
- Eccentric resistance exercise
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Mitochondrial Diseases, Obesity
Muscle OXPHOS and Nutrient Homeostasis
Investigators are recruiting adults (men and women, ages 18 to 65 years, inclusive) with a confirmed genetic diagnosis of mitochondrial disease.
- Trial name
- NCT02920671
- Testing
- Tracer-enhanced oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT*), Muscle MRI, Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Muscle Disorder, Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial
Electromyographic´s Differences Between Dry Needling in Tonic or Phasic Skeletal Muscle Fibers.
The aim of this study is to compare the surface electromyography (EGM) changes between dry needling in the upper trapezius, is a prevalence tonic fiber or lower trapezius is a prevalence phasic fiber.
- Trial name
- NCT03813485
- Testing
- Dry Needling in upper trapezius, Dry Needling in lower trapezius
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
Skeletal Muscle Endurance
Resistance Exercise Blood Flow Restriction
The number of repetitions able to be performed during resistance exercise is impacted by the load an individual is working against.
- Trial name
- BFRCL (NCT06724458)
- Testing
- Resistance exercise
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Peripheral Muscle Microcirculation and Exercise-induced Blood Flow Distribution in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) is a rare, severe disease, characterized by a progressive increase in pulmonary vascular resistance ultimately leading to right ventricular (RV) failure and premature death.
- Trial name
- NCT01520493
- Testing
- Submaximal exercises
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Laval University
Colonic Neoplasms, Rectal Neoplasms
Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Skeletal Muscle Remodeling in Colorectal Cancer
The goal of this clinical trial is to quantify the effects of aerobic exercise training compared to attention control on intermuscular adipose tissue in colorectal cancer survivors.
- Trial name
- RESTORE (NCT05789433)
- Testing
- Aerobic exercise, Progressive stretching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- AdventHealth Translational Research Institute
Heart Failure, Systolic, Heart Failure, Diastolic
Associations Between the Microbiome, Skeletal Muscle Perfusion, and Fitness Status
The purpose of the study is to determine associations between fitness status, bacteria in the mouth, and the blood flow to muscle.
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Systolic, Heart Failure, Diastolic, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Overweight and Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT06009276
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Insulin Resistance
Effects of Carnitine Supplementation on Liver and Muscle
It will be evaluated whether carnitine, a dietary supplement, reduces liver fat and improves metabolism in individuals who have a high concentration of fat within their liver.
- Trial name
- ECLIPSE (NCT03439917)
- Testing
- L-Carnitine tartrate, Meal Replacement Drink, Maltodextrin
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Growth Hormone Deficiency, Idiopathic Short Stature
Skeletal Muscle Effects of GH in Boys
The purpose of the study is to measure the functional effects of recombinant GH in skeletal muscle, in addition to growth promotion, in short prepubertal boys with either growth hormone deficiency or idiopathic short stature.
- Trial name
- NCT04020913
- Testing
- Somatropin injection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
Glycogen Storage Disease Type 2, Dystrophia Myotonica
An MRI Study on Muscular Diseases -Pompe Disease and Dystrophia Myotonica-
The aim of the project is to develop new Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging techniques for better diagnosis and monitoring of patients with muscular disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT02708784
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance
High-intensity Interval, Low Volume Training in Metabolic Syndrome
The primary objective of the study is to compare the efficacy of an intervention with high-intensity interval, low volume training (HIIT-LV) or continuous aerobic exercise (CAE) on insulin resistance, insulin sensitivity and…
- Trial name
- Intraining-MET (NCT03087721)
- Testing
- HIIT-LV, CAE
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Antioquia
Peripheral Arterial Disease, Diabetes Mellitus
SPECT/CT Imaging of Skeletal Muscle Perfusion
This study will use SPECT/CT imaging to assess the effect of percutaneous revascularization treatments in patients with Peripheral arterial disease and diabetes mellitus, in whom the disease can progress more quickly than in…
- Trial name
- NCT02791204
- Testing
- SPECT/CT imaging following revascularization procedures, SPECT/CT imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Acromegaly, Growth Hormone Deficiency
Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Energy Metabolism in Abnormal Growth Hormone States
Growth hormone (GH) is important for growth in childhood, but also has important effects on a number of tissues throughout life.
- Trial name
- NCT00461240
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Barts & The London NHS Trust
Long COVID, Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Nitrite Supplementation in Long COVID Patients
Potential benefits of a nitrate-rich juice supplement to improve skeletal muscle function and associated physical capacity will be studied in patients with Long COVID.
- Trial name
- NCT05618574
- Testing
- 140 ml per day of Beet-It nitrate beverage (James White Drinks Ltd., Ipswich, UK)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Muscle Dysfunction in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COPD): the Role of Sympathetic Activation
The objective of the project is to better understand the causes of exercise limitation, dyspnea and neurohumoral activation in patients with COPD.
- Trial name
- NCT01750489
- Testing
- non-invasive ventilation (NIV)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Medical Center Goettingen