The Effect of Muscular Strength Training in Patients With Drug Addiction

Substance-related Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Muscular Strength Training in Patients With Drug Addiction

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02218970
• Other study ID #: 2012/640
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2012
• Est. completion date: January 2015

Study information

• Verified date: May 2020
• Source: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Physical health does not have a high priority in today's treatment of patients with substance use disorder (SUD). SUD patients have a poor physical health not only due to injuries related to the substance abuse, but also because of the addiction-related lifestyle. There are few studies today that provide information about SUD patient's physical health, and especially there is little information about their muscular strength. One of the project's aims is to measure muscular strength in SUD patients who are being treated for their addiction, and see if they have decreased neuromuscular function. If so, we will investigate the effect of maximal strength training on neuromuscular function in these patients.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 24
• Est. completion date: January 2015
• Est. primary completion date: June 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 45 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• being treated for drug abuse

• not using drugs during intervention period

Exclusion Criteria:

• participated in strength training in previous 6 months

• cardiovascular disease

• any other disease that impedes to finish tests

• not showing up for testing sessions

• carried out less than 85% of planned exercise sessions

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Substance-related Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• strength training

• no training (control)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	Rusbehandling Midt-Norge H	Trondheim

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

References & Publications (1)

Unhjem R, Flemmen G, Hoff J, Wang E. Maximal strength training as physical rehabilitation for patients with substance use disorder; a randomized controlled trial. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil. 2016 Mar 31;8:7. doi: 10.1186/s13102-016-0032-2. eCollection 201 — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	muscle strength	Assessed peripheral muscle strength by one repetition maximum test (1RM)	10 weeks