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Maintaining Muscle Mass Gains

NCT02621346 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2016-11-01

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Summary

Mental imagery is effective for improving motor skills as well as increasing muscles strength and size. Strength is also maintained after immobilization of a muscles when engaging in imagery. This may have important implications for rehabilitation settings and for sedentary individuals. We may not be able to get people wot exercise but if they can maintain muscles size and strength via imagery this may have beneficial health and functional outcomes.

Conditions

  • Using Imagery to Maintain Muscle Mass Gains in the Quadriceps

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Imagery

Prior to exercising participants will be given an imagery script. Afterwards, participants will imagine completing the leg press.

BEHAVIORAL

Muscle Maintenance

Participants complete the leg press exercises at an intensity that promotes muscle maintenance but not muscle growth

BEHAVIORAL

Bicep Curls

Control group participants will complete a bicep exercise at a maintenance training intensity.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Western University, Canada

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-31
Primary Completion
2018-04-30
Completion
2018-04-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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