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Isokinetic Testing Protocol in Elderly and Young Men

NCT00673998 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2008-05-07

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Summary

An age-related decrease in muscular strength may have a detrimental effect on muscle fatigue and recovery. To date, only one study has determined the effect of varied rest intervals (RI) between exercise sets in active younger and older women. They reported that active younger and older women require similar RI between sets to recovery full isokinetic knee extension peak torque (PT). However, we are unaware of any published studies comparing RI PT recovery between younger and older men. Thus, the purpose of this study was to compare the effect of two different RI's between sets of isokinetic knee extension exercise on PT, and Total Work (TW) between untrained younger and older men.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

DEVICE

Isokinetic Dynamometer (Biodex system III)

Biodex system III Isokinetic Dynamometer (Biodex Medical, Inc., Shirley, NY).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Brasilia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Martim Bottaro, PhD · University of Brasilia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-02-28
Primary Completion
2006-03-31
Completion
2006-11-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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