Clinical trials: Skeletal Muscle Injury
Skeletal Muscle Damage, Skeletal Muscle Performance
NAC Supplementation and Skeletal Muscle Performance
In this investigation the investigators utilized NAC administration to foster GSH availability during an 8-day period following eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage in order to test our hypotheses: i) antioxidant…
- Conditions
- Skeletal Muscle Damage, Skeletal Muscle Performance, Intgracellular Signaling in Skeletal Muscle, Inflammatory Status
- Trial name
- NCT01778309
- Testing
- n-acetylcysteine supplementation
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Democritus University of Thrace
Spinal Cord Injury, Spinal Cord Injuries
Testosterone Therapy With or Without Finasteride After Spinal Cord Injury: TRT-SCI Trial
Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in lower limb muscle loss, bone loss, and high fat mass that impede the recovery of physical function, increase bone fracture risk, and worsen health and quality of life.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injury, Spinal Cord Injuries, Injuries, Spinal Cord, Spinal Cord Contusion
- Trial name
- TRT-SCI (NCT07742553)
- Testing
- testosterone cypionate, finasteride
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Muscle Strain, Neuromuscular Diseases
Posterior Chain EMG Patterns in Athletes With and Without Hamstring Injury
This cross-sectional observational study investigated posterior chain muscle activation patterns in football players with and without a history of hamstring strain injury.
- Conditions
- Muscle Strain, Neuromuscular Diseases, Athletic Injuries
- Trial name
- NCT07171385
- Testing
- Nordic Hamstring Curl (NHC), Kettlebell Swing (KS), Supine Sliding Single-Leg Curl (SSLC)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
Hip Fractures, Muscular Atrophy
Effects of Exercise on Markers of Inflammation in Skeletal Muscle in Elderly Hip Fracture Patients
Decreased skeletal muscle mass is a prevalent condition among the elderly, and an important cause of disability and functional decline.
- Trial name
- NCT00006194
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Skeletal Muscle Damage, Exercise-induced Aseptic Inflammation
Aloe Vera Ointment Application and Skeletal Muscle Recovery
Aloe vera, sometimes described as pharmaceutical aloe, is a flowering succulent plant with many therapeutic properties such as wound and burn wound healing, treatment of diabetes and reduction of blood lipid profile.
- Conditions
- Skeletal Muscle Damage, Exercise-induced Aseptic Inflammation, Performance
- Trial name
- NCT03934762
- Testing
- Natural Aloe Vera, Aloe vera soup
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Thessaly
Aseptic Muscle Injury
Effects of Protein and NAC Co-ingestion on Skeletal Muscle Recovery
Previous evidence suggests that though N-acetylcysteine (NAC) supplementation following eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage disrupts the skeletal muscle's repair and remodelling process at 8 days of recovery, it attenuates…
- Trial name
- PRoNAC (NCT06367413)
- Testing
- NAC, NAC + Whey Protein
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Thessaly
Skeletal Muscle Damage, Exercise-induced Aseptic Inflammation
Protein Supplementation and Skeletal Muscle Healing Process
In this study the investigators utilized protein supplementation over an 8-day period following eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage in order to test the initial hypotheses : i) protein supplementation after exercise-induced…
- Conditions
- Skeletal Muscle Damage, Exercise-induced Aseptic Inflammation, Skeletal Muscle Performance, Intracellular Signaling in Skeletal Muscle
- Trial name
- NCT02816411
- Testing
- Milk protein isolate
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Thessaly
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
Burns - Multiple, Critical Illness
Reduction of Muscle Catabolism Through Brain Activation in Burn Patients
Patients with extensive burn injuries frequently develop severe skeletal muscle wasting and weakness as part of critical illness-related myopathy and neuropathy.
- Conditions
- Burns - Multiple, Critical Illness, Muscle Weakness
- Trial name
- REMBRANT (NCT07435402)
- Testing
- Burn-Bundle Extended Rehabilitation Program, Isoflurane Inhalational Sedation, Functional Proprioceptive Stimulation
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Charles University, Czech Republic
Muscle Strain, Multiple Sites, Inflammation
Optimal Treatment of Acute Skeletal Muscle Injury
Acute muscle strain injuries occur both during sports, in leisure time activities and during manual occupation and represent a major clinical challenge and has societal economic costs.
- Trial name
- NCT06274151
- Testing
- Naproxen 500 Mg, Rehabilitation
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bispebjerg Hospital
Physical Inactivity, Vascular Dysfunction
Heat Therapy During Reduced Physical Activity
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to determine whether daily Finnish dry sauna therapy attenuates the adverse cardiovascular, muscular, and metabolic effects of seven days of experimentally reduced physical…
- Conditions
- Physical Inactivity, Vascular Dysfunction, Skeletal Muscle Atrophy
- Trial name
- HEAT-RPA (NCT07847424)
- Testing
- Sauna, Reduced Physical Activity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham Young University
Cryotherapy Effect
Cold Therapy in the Treatment of Exercise-induced Muscle Damage
Subjects were randomly placed in five groups: (1) single exposure at 5°C in cold water immersion, (2) single exposure at 15°C in cold water immersion, (3) multiple exposures at 10°C in cold water immersion, (4) whole body…
- Trial name
- NCT02341612
- Testing
- single exposure at 5°C in CWI, single exposure at 15°C in CWI, multiple exposures at 10°C in CWI
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Brasilia
Type 2 Diabetes
Study to Weigh the Effect of Exercise Training on BONE (SWEET-BONE) Quality and Strength in Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with increased fracture risk despite normal to increased bone mass, thus suggesting poor bone quality.
- Trial name
- SWEET-BONE (NCT02421393)
- Testing
- supervised exercise training
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Metabolic Fitness Association, Italy
Spinal Cord Injuries
Musculoskeletal Plasticity After Spinal Cord Injury
Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) experience metabolic syndrome, diabetes, obesity, pressure ulcers, and cardiovascular disease at far greater rates than the general population.
- Trial name
- NCT02622295
- Testing
- Single-session electrically induced exercise, Electrically-induced exercise training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 71 people
- Sponsor
- Richard K Shields
Multiple Trauma
Inflammatory Response After Muscle and Skeleton Trauma
The purpose of this study is to determine the inflammatory response after multiple trauma in humans.
- Trial name
- IRAMST (NCT00710411)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ulm
Critical Illness, Acute Kidney Injury
Skeletal Muscle Wasting and Renal Dysfunction After Critical Illness Trauma - Outcomes Study
This study aims to determine changes in kidney function during and after critical illness, comparing conventional creatinine based methods with the gold standard to accurately establish the presence of new or worsened chronic…
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Acute Kidney Injury, Muscle Loss, Major Trauma
- Trial name
- KRATOS (NCT03736005)
- Testing
- Exposure of significant critical illness
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Queen Mary University of London
Breast Cancer, Metastatic Breast Cancer
Nicotinamide Riboside and Prevention of Cancer Therapy Related Cardiac Dysfunction in Breast Cancer Patients
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women. Modern breast cancer treatments have led to increased survival, but at the same time, increased risk for cardiotoxicity and development of heart failure.
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Metastatic Breast Cancer, Cancer Therapy-Related Cardiac Dysfunction, Cardiotoxicity
- Trial name
- NARNIA (NCT05732051)
- Testing
- Nicotinamide Riboside
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Akershus
Kidney Failure, Acute, Myopathy; Drugs
The Potential Protective Effect of Using Muscle Relaxants During Electroporation Ablation (PFA)
The study aims to improve the safety of the electroporation ablation (PFA) procedure by using muscle relaxants to reduce skeletal muscle damage during the procedure.
- Conditions
- Kidney Failure, Acute, Myopathy; Drugs, Heart Arrhythmia, Succinylcholine Sensitivity
- Trial name
- NCT06707532
- Testing
- Propofol, Rocuronium
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- 4th Military Clinical Hospital with Polyclinic, Poland
Muscle Strain, Multiple Sites
Nutritional Strategies After Muscle Strain Injuries
Muscle strain injuries are a particularly frequent type of sports injury in soccer, athletics, badminton/ tennis and cross-fit fitness, thereby affecting a broad range of popular leisure time activities.
- Trial name
- NCT04100161
- Testing
- Protein supplementation, Carbohydrate supplementation, Active rehabilitation
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bispebjerg Hospital
Atrophy, Disuse, Muscle Atrophy
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Anabolic Resistance to Protein Intake During Muscle Disuse
This study will characterize intramuscular molecular mechanisms underlying anabolic resistance to protein ingestion during muscle disuse.
- Conditions
- Atrophy, Disuse, Muscle Atrophy, Muscular Disorders, Atrophic, Disuse Atrophy
- Trial name
- NCT06228742
- Testing
- Unilateral leg immobilization, Contralateral active leg
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine