NCT00559780View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Muscle Function in Elderly Postoperative Patients

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

36

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

May 31, 2000

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2003

Conditions
Rehabilitation Strategies for Elderly Post-Operative Patients
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Resistance training

12 weeks of resistance training (3/week)

BEHAVIORAL

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the quadriceps muscle

12 weeks of neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the quadriceps muscle (1h/day)

BEHAVIORAL

Standard rehabilitation

12 weeks of standard physiotherapy exercises (1h/day)

Trial Locations (1)

2400-NV

Institute of Sports Medicine, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Bispebjerg Hospital

OTHER

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