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Upper Versus Lower Limb Responses to Higher Versus Lower Load Resistance Training in Young Men

NCT03993483 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2019-06-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Recent research suggests that performing resistance exercise training with relatively light loads is equally as effective at increasing muscle mass and muscle strength as performing resistance exercise training with relatively heavy loads. Whether or not performing resistance exercise with relatively heavy loads or light loads is equally as effective between the upper- and lower-body within the same individual has never been investigated. Given the substantial individual variance in resistance exercise training-induced changes in muscle mass and strength, this study is designed to quantify the relative influence that extrinsic training variables (e.g., load), as opposed to intrinsic muscle-based predisposition, has on resistance training-induced changes in muscle mass and muscle strength.

Conditions

  • Muscle Hypertrophy
  • Muscle Strength

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Unilateral resistance exercise

The participants performed three sets of their unilateral resistance exercise (biceps curls and knee extensions) three times per week for 10 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Stuart Phillips, PhD · McMaster University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-06-01
Primary Completion
2018-10-05
Completion
2018-10-05

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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