Subjective and Objective Changes in Muscle-stiffness

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Relationship Between Subjective and Objective Changes in Muscle-stiffness

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05279339
• Other study ID #: AAU031-1004903
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 21, 2022
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: March 2022
• Source: Aalborg University
• Contact: Steffan WM Christensen, PhD
• Phone: +45 99408889
• Email: stc[@]hst.aau.dk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate muscle stiffness in relation to delayed on-set muscle soreness following exercise and to investigate how well the change in muscle stiffness correlates with the subjective experienced degree of stiffness.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: May 31, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy participants aged 18-80
• Able to speak, read and understand Danish and/or English

Exclusion Criteria:

• Have performed resistance training on a regular basis during the past month
• Experience of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) during the last two weeks leading up to the first test session
• Current use of analgesics
• Any current neurological, musculoskeletal or mental illnesses that could interfere with the results.
• Pregnancy
• Lack of ability to cooperate

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy
• Muscle Soreness
• Myalgia

Intervention

Other:
• Exercise
Upper limb exercises using an elastic band.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Dept. Of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University	Aalborg

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Aalborg University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Muscle thickness	Muscle thickness measured by ultrasound	Day1,Day 2 and Day7
Other	Muscle soreness	Self-reported muscle soreness: Measured on a NRS scale (0-10), where 0 = not sore at all, 10 is maximal soreness	Day1,Day 2 and Day7
Other	Neck disability	The NDI is questionnaire investigating neck pain and disability: Scores range from 0 to 50. Higher score represent worse disability	Day1,Day 2 and Day7
Other	Shoulder disability	SPADI is a 13-item questionnaire investigating shoulder pain and disability: Scores range from 0 to 130. Higher score represent worse disability	Day1,Day 2 and Day7
Primary	Muscle stiffness (change) - Shear wave	Muscle stiffness measured by ultrasound using shear wave elastography	Day1,Day 2 and Day7
Secondary	Muscle stiffness (change) - Self-reported	Self-reported muscle stiffness: Measured on a NRS scale (0-10), where 0 = not stiff at all, 10 is maximal stiffness	Day1,Day 2 and Day7
Secondary	Muscle stiffness (change) - Myotonometry	Muscle stiffness measured by Myotonometry	Day1,Day 2 and Day7
Secondary	Muscle stiffness (change)- Palpation	Muscle palpation: Reported using a 5-point Likert: 1 = very low muscle stiffness and 5 = very high muscle stiffness	Day1,Day 2 and Day7