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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01673958
Date of registration: 22/08/2012
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: European University Cyprus
Public title: Stair Descending vs. Stair Ascending Exercise
Scientific title: The Effect of Stair Descending and Stair Ascending Exercise on Muscle Strength and Performance: the SmartEscalator Device
Date of first enrolment: February 2012
Target sample size: 12
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01673958
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Cyprus
Contacts
Name:     George Panayiotou, PhD
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Affiliation:  Research Centre, European University Cyprus
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- chronic heart failure (New York Heart Association class I-II)

- subject provides written informed consent

- personal physician of the participants provides written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- smoker

- consumed any nutritional supplement the last 3 months

- performed intense eccentric exercise the last 6 months

- non Caucasian



Age minimum: 60 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Aging
Heart Failure
Sarcopenia
Intervention(s)
Other: Exercise
Primary Outcome(s)
Muscle strength (torque) [Time Frame: Change from baseline in muscle strength at day 2 post exercise at the first and sixth week of training]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Creatine kinase, CK (activity IU) [Time Frame: Before and at day 2 post exercise at the first and sixth week of training]
Delayed onset muscle soreness, DOMS (scale 1-10) [Time Frame: Before and at day 2 post exercise at the first and sixth week of training]
Pain free range of motion (degrees) [Time Frame: Before and at day 2 post exercise at the first and sixth week of training]
Secondary ID(s)
EUC-011
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
University of Thessaly
Ethics review
Results
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