The Effect of Muscular Strength Training in Patients With Drug Addiction

NCT02218970 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2012/640
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 24
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Physical health does not have a high priority in today's treatment of patients with substance use disorder (SUD). SUD patients have a poor physical health not only due to injuries related to the substance abuse, but also because of the addiction-related lifestyle. There are few studies today that provide information about SUD patient's physical health, and especially there is little information about their muscular strength. One of the project's aims is to measure muscular strength in SUD patients who are being treated for their addiction, and see if they have decreased neuromuscular function. If so, we will investigate the effect of maximal strength training on neuromuscular function in these patients.

Conditions

Substance-related Disorders

Keywords

rehabilitation; strength training; muscle strength; physical fitness

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• muscle strength

  Assessed peripheral muscle strength by one repetition maximum test (1RM)

  10 weeks

Study Arms (2)

strength training

EXPERIMENTAL

Strength training for leg muscles during10 weeks, 3 times a week: hack squat and plantar flexion, standing upright in a hack squat machine and lying down in a calf rise machine. Exercises will be carried out at 85% of 1-RM intensity under supervision at the institution where participants are having their SUD treatment.

Behavioral: strength training

control

OTHER

patients treated for substance-related disorder but not participating in strength training intervention (no training control group)

Behavioral: no training (control)

Interventions

strength training BEHAVIORAL

strength training

no training (control) BEHAVIORAL

control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 45 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• being treated for drug abuse
• not using drugs during intervention period

You may not qualify if:

• participated in strength training in previous 6 months
• cardiovascular disease
• any other disease that impedes to finish tests
• not showing up for testing sessions
• carried out less than 85% of planned exercise sessions

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Norwegian University of Science and Technology: lead

Study Sites (1)

Rusbehandling Midt-Norge H

Trondheim, Norway

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Unhjem R, Flemmen G, Hoff J, Wang E. Maximal strength training as physical rehabilitation for patients with substance use disorder; a randomized controlled trial. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil. 2016 Mar 31;8:7. doi: 10.1186/s13102-016-0032-2. eCollection 2016.

  PMID: 27042312 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Substance-Related Disorders

Interventions

Resistance Training

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Chemically-Induced Disorders; Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Exercise Therapy; Rehabilitation; Aftercare; Continuity of Patient Care; Patient Care; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities; Physical Conditioning, Human; Exercise; Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Grete Flemmen

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 14, 2014
• First Posted: August 18, 2014
• Study Start: September 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2014
• Study Completion: January 1, 2015
• Last Updated: May 13, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-05

Locations

NO (1)