Blood Flow Restriction Exercise Study
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Official title
Blood Flow Restriction Exercise for Older Adults Undergoing Knee Replacement Surgery
Brief summary
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This pilot study will investigate the effects of blood flow restriction (BFR) exercise for up to 4-6 weeks prior to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) surgery in older patients to measure clinical outcomes such as strength, lower extremity function, and pain.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02868021
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 12 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Strength testing Device
- Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) Behavioral
- Six-minute walk (SMW) Behavioral
- Numerical pain scale Behavioral
- Self-assessed function Behavioral
- Muscle biopsies Procedure
- Determination of 1 Repetition Maximum (1-RM) Device
- Blood flow restriction exercise Device
- Borg CR10 scale Behavioral
Device · Behavioral · Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 55 Years to 80 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Dec 11, 2016
- Primary completion
- Jul 31, 2018
- Completion
- Jul 31, 2018
- Last update posted
- Jul 23, 2019
2016 – 2018
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States, Florida UF Health | Gainesville | Florida | 32610-3003 | — |
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