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Blood Flow Restriction Therapy in Lower Limb Extensor Injuries

NYU Langone Health · NCT04149977

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18–65 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
128
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
September 1, 2021
Record last updated
September 26, 2025

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What the study is about

The primary objective of the study is to determine the efficacy of blood flow restriction therapy on patients with lower limb extensor injuries by measuring pre and post blood flow restriction therapy strength and muscle mass.

Being studied: Physical Therapy with pressure cuff; Physical Therapy with placebo pressure cuff

Conditions: Lower Limb Injury

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Must be at least 18 years of age and younger than 65 years of age
  • ASA class I-II
  • Diagnosed with a lower limb extensor injury (quadriceps tendon rupture, patella tendon rupture, patella fracture)
  • Intention to receive physical therapy as standard of care

Exclusion Criteria

  • Legally incompetent or mentally impaired (e.g. minors, Alzheimer's subjects, dementia, etc.)
  • Younger than 18 years of age or older than 65
  • Any patient considered a vulnerable subject
  • Patients with impaired circulation, peripheral vascular compromise, previous revascularization of the extremity, or severe hypertension
  • Concomitant lower extremity traumatic injuries, delaying or precluding the subject's ability to participate in the therapy
  • Immobile or use of mobile assistive device prior to injury
  • No prior extensor injuries
  • Patients with Sickle cell anemia or venous thromboembolism
  • Patients with cancer or Lymphectomies
  • Patients with increased intracranial pressure
  • Patients with intention to receive standard therapy and not the study therapy

Recruiting US locations

  • NYU Langone Health

    New York, NY 10016

    Site contact: Dhruv Shankar · 240-848-8645 · dhruv.shankar@nyulangone.org

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Samy Shelbaya · 517-575-5522 · Samy.shelbaya@nyulangone.org
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