Clinical Trial: STRIDE: Strength of The Calf Muscles and Their Role In Declining Effectiveness of Movement With Aging

U.S., July 25 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07726498) titled 'STRIDE: Strength of The Calf Muscles and Their Role In Declining Effectiveness of Movement With Aging' on July 17.

Brief Summary: The calf muscles (plantarflexors) are the most important muscles for walking, running and daily activities. Weakness of these muscles through aging and disease significantly impact a person's ability to walk and complete daily activities. By assessing calf strength, it is possible to identify people at risk of falls, and a condition called sarcopenia (which means loss of muscle mass, strength and function). Unfortunately, most of the studies that have examined this have used specialist equipment unavailab...