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Chronic Muscle Disuse in the Elderly

NCT01190046 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 35

Last updated 2016-11-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to define the effects of chronic disuse on skeletal muscle structure and function in elderly individuals at the cellular and molecular level by examining elderly characterized by chronic muscle disuse (patients with knee osteoarthritis) and healthy elderly no evidence of knee osteoarthritis and normal physical activity levels.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Resistance exercise training

Lower extremity resistance exercise training 3x/wk

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Vermont

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael J. Toth, Ph.D. · University of Vermont and State Agricultural College

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-10-31
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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