Electrical Stimulation During Immobilization

NCT01513486 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2013-05-22

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Summary

In the present study, the effects of 5 days of lower limb immobilization with or without daily neuromuscular electrical stimulation on muscle mass and muscle fiber characteristics will be determined.

Conditions

  • Disuse Atrophy
  • Immobilization
  • Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

immobilization

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Maastricht University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Luc JC van Loon, PhD · Maastricht UMC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-03-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2013-01-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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