NCT01513486

Electrical Stimulation During Immobilization

The Effects of Daily Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Muscle Mass During Short-term One-legged Knee Immobilization in Healthy Young Men

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 24 (actual)
• Sponsor: Maastricht University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In the present study, the effects of 5 days of lower limb immobilization with or without daily neuromuscular electrical stimulation on muscle mass and muscle fiber characteristics will be determined.

Conditions

• Disuse Atrophy
• Immobilization
• Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	immobilization

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-03-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2013-01-01
• First posted: 2012-01-20
• Last updated: 2013-05-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands