Effects of Power-velocity Muscle Characteristics During Ageing

Sarcopenia Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02692612
• Other study ID #: s58633
• Status: Completed
• Start date: February 2016
• Est. completion date: July 2016

Study information

• Verified date: May 2022
• Source: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this project is to investigate the age-related differences in force-velocity muscle characteristics during isolated knee extensions variable in speed and load, during cyclic movements on a usual and recumbent bike variable in speed and velocity development and a functional test battery with healthy participants aged between 20-80 years.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 98
• Est. completion date: July 2016
• Est. primary completion date: July 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy volunteers age 20 to 80 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• Knee or hip prothesis

• Systematic training

• Cardiovascular disease

• Acute lower back pain

• Acute knee pain

• Dementia

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sarcopenia

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	Faculty of kinesiology and rehabilitation sciences	Leuven

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Differences in power-velocity characteristics during ageing	peak power and rate of power development (slope) at different velocities during knee extension movement and cyclic multijoint leg press movement compared between young and old people	1x at baseline (cross sectional study)
Secondary	Reliability of strength tests on regular and recumbent bike.	reliability of peak power and rate of power development outcomes measured twice within a period of 2 weeks	1x at baseline (cross sectional study)
Secondary	Differences in muscle fascicle characteristics during ageing.	Differences between young and old people of fascicle shortening velocity during dynamic leg press movements measured via dynamic ultrasound	1x at baseline (cross sectional study)
Secondary	Differences in muscle activation during ageing.	Differences in muscle activation pattern during dynamic leg press movements measured via muscle electromyography	1x at baseline (cross sectional study)