Vascular Occlusion in Patients With Osteoarthritis

NCT01483131 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2014-02-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Resistance exercise plus vascular occlusion may induce greater improvements in strength and muscle mass than resistance training alone. The investigators speculate this training strategy could be beneficial in patients with osteoarthritis.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise training

12 weeks of resistance training twice a week.

OTHER

Resistance training with vascular occlusion

12 weeks of resistance training with vascular occlusion twice a week

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-11-30
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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