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Completed Not applicable Interventional

Strengthening Exercise and Quadriceps Force During Walking

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01538407

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Official title

A Study of Strengthening Exercise on Quadriceps Force During Walking

Brief summary

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This is a longitudinal, randomized, controlled interventional multi centric study on the effects of lower leg strengthening exercise on quadriceps force during walking in people with knee osteoarthritis. At each study centre twenty subjects will be included, for a total of 40 participants. Subjects will be randomized equally (1:1) into 1 active arm and 1 control arm. The objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of twelve weeks of quadriceps strengthening on the mechanical output of the quadriceps during locomotion. A secondary purpose is to explore the relationship between quadriceps strengthening and compressive knee loadings. The hypothesis is that quadriceps strength training will not change quadriceps force, power, and work in locomotion in people with knee osteoarthritis. Primary outcome is quadriceps force during walking, secondary outputs are quadriceps power and work and knee compressive loads during walking. Explorative measures are isometric and concentric isokinetic leg muscle strength, radiographic score of the knee (Kellgren and Lawrence), a one-leg rise from chair test (maximum number of reps) and a lateral step-up test (maximum number of reps).

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01538407
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
30 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Other

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Feb 29, 2012
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2013
Completion
Sep 30, 2013
Last update posted
Jan 21, 2014

2012 – 2013

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
The College of Health and Human Performance, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Minges Coliseum Greenville North Carolina 27858

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