The effects of resistance training associated with blood-flow restriction on the quadriceps muscles in CORONA virus survivors after recovery
- Conditions
- Muscle weakness.U071COVID-19,v
- Registration Number
- IRCT20210111050007N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 18
Males and females with the age range of 30-65 years old which affected by CORONA VIRUS at least from the past 3 months who developed muscles weakness after infection.
The manual muscle testing which graded by MMT should be grade 3 at most.
BMI should be under 30.
All contraindications of Blood Flow Restriction training should be controlled. Individuals should not have any history of blood clotting, hypertension above 180/100, acute sepsis, blood vessels disorders and varicose veins, cancer, stroke Thrombotic or Hemorrhagic, history of deep vein thrombosis , Arterial fibrillation.
No history of hypertension or diabetes mellitus
No history of fracture, surgery, and knee osteoarthritis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Muscle thickness. Timepoint: Before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: Ultrasound Imaging.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method C reactive protein level of blood sample. Timepoint: Before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: Blood sample.