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Blood Flow Restriction Therapy in Lower Limb Extensor Injuries

NCT04149977 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 128

Last updated 2025-09-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The primary objective of the study is to determine the efficacy of blood flow restriction therapy on patients with lower limb extensor injuries by measuring pre and post blood flow restriction therapy strength and muscle mass.

Conditions

  • Lower Limb Injury

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physical Therapy with pressure cuff

6 weeks of physical therapy will have similar exercises to standard therapy however the patients will use a cuff around the affected leg during the exercises.

BEHAVIORAL

Physical Therapy with placebo pressure cuff

6 weeks of physical therapy will have similar exercises to standard therapy however the patients will use a pressure cuff around the affected leg during the exercises. The pressure cuff will have 50% of the pressure that will be considered effective.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Guillem Gonzales-Lomas, MD · NYU Langone

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-01
Primary Completion
2026-02-01
Completion
2026-06-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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