Evaluating the Impact of Focused Muscle Contraction Therapy in Retire APF Players
CompletedNot applicableNCT04822311
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
This study will investigate the effects of an exercise intervention on retired American professional football (APF) players. A total of 20 retired APF players (≥ 18 years of age), who suffer from chronic pain, will be enrolled. The study duration for each participants will be 18 months. Enrolled participants will perform a 18 months exercise intervention which involves 90 exercise rehabilitation training visits. In addition, participants will also be tested on various measures of health and function both at baseline (prior to intervention), at 6 months, 12 months, and 18 months (post intervention). All testing and result interpretation will be performed by trained research personnel. Participants are not University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) participants; however, study testing visits will occur at UIC. All exercise intervention training visits will occur at Gh Fitlab.
Study details
- Official title
- Evaluating the Impact of Focused Muscle Contraction Therapy in Retired American Professional Football Players
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain Due to Injury
- Acute Pain
- Depression
- Brain Injuries
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Experimental: Investigate the effects of an exercise intervention on retired APF players
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- Start date
- 2019-10-24
- Primary completion
- 2021-04-18
- Sex
- Male
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Retired APF player (there is no minimum duration or career length required no minimum duration or career length required) * 18 years of age and older Exclusion Criteria: •This study will exclude non-English speaking participants as they would not be able to complete intensive survey requirement of the study as all surveys will be administered in the English language.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04822311