Study of mild downhill training method

JRCT ID: jRCT1030220520

Registered date:19/12/2022

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Effects on muscle strength and muscle power
• Date of first enrollment: 22/08/2022
• Target sample size: 63
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): In the study, three groups will be trained: level walking (control), downhill walking, and downhill walking with skin cooling. Treadmills will be used for walking training, with a frequency of 3 times/week for 6 weeks. The walking speed will be 4 km/h. The downhill gradient will start at -6% and gradually change to -12%. Walking time for all patients will start at 15 minutes and gradually increase to 30 minutes. For skin cooling, using by a menthol-containing (5%) gel formulation (Kao: soo).

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Knee extension muscle strength, plantar flexion muscle strength, standing balance, walking ability, surface electromyography
• Secondary Outcome: Grip strength, locomotor test

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 40age old
• Age maximum: <= 80age old
• Gender: Both
• Include criteria: Healthy adult men and women between the ages of 40 and 80

Exclude criteria

Cannot walk for about 30 minutes a day.
Are prohibited from exercising by a physician.
Have a leg or back disease that causes pain.
Has respiratory disease such as asthma, emphysema, COPD, etc.
Cardiovascular disease such as high blood pressure, angina pectoris, arrhythmia, etc.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Tadano Chigaya