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Improving Tissue Repair After Injury in the Muscle-tendon Interface Muscle Tissue Injury
Led by Bispebjerg Hospital · Updated on 2025-09-24
40
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
235 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
The study is a 2-week human study where 40 patients who are scheduled to undergo reconstructive knee surgery are randomized to administration of GH or placebo following or without neuromuscular electrical stimulation of hamstring muscles.The overall aim is to determine, the role of muscle connective tissue protein synthesis in muscle injury and repair.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Improving Tissue Repair After Injury in the Muscle-tendon Interface Muscle Tissue Injury
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Healthy men and women scheduled to undergo reconstructive knee surgery
- Body mass index (BMI) between 18 and 35
- Age between 18 and 35 years
You will not qualify if you...
- Former or current use of growth hormone or anabolic steroids
- Use of corticosteroids in the past 3 months
- Use of any medication known to affect muscle or tendon turnover
- Former participation in a study using deuterated water
- Chronic diseases
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Bispebjerg Hospital
Copenhagen, Denmark, 2400
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
G
Grith Stougaard Højfeldt, PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
TRIPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Number of Arms
4
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