Strength Training Effects on Musculoskeletal Health (Muscle:Time)

Duquesne University

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases

Treatments

Device: Muscle Strength Training

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Industry

Identifiers

NCT04810975

2020-12-15

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective here is to assess the efficacy of variable resistance muscle training on bone, sleep parameters and quality of life in healthy populations of men and women age 30 or older.

Enrollment

40 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

30+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

30 years or older (males or females)
Baseline strength (e.g., can lift an office chair with no problems)
Be willing to participate in a 6-month RCT
Be willing to conduct daily muscle training exercises
Be willing to maintain a food diary
Be willing to consume ~2.2g/kg body weight daily
Be willing to submit specimens and conduct tests 3 times over 6 months (0, 3 and 6 months)

Exclusion criteria

those who consume vegan or vegetarian diets
people with conditions like hypertension and uncontrolled non-medicated blood pressure; cardiovascular disease/heart failure (e.g., arrhythmias, unstable angina, congestive heart failure)
COPD
drugs that may increase fall risk or make dizzy (e.g., antidepressants, anti-seizure drugs)
muscle disease (e.g., myasthenia gravis, myopathy, myositis)
active hernia
pregnancy
muscle atrophy (e.g., Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD), ALS)
neuro degenerative disease
limited mobility
those who consume proteins supplements.
Individuals who have implanted pacemakers or defibrillators
People who suffer from: Marfan syndrome, migraine, hyperparathyroidism, metastatic bone disease, multiple myeloma
chronic steroid use
individuals with restrictions to movement and exercise