# Lower and Higher Load Resistance Exercise Protocols: Acute Muscle Activation and Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy

> **NCT03991117** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **McMaster University** · enrollment: 10 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Muscle Hypertrophy
- Muscle Fibre Activation

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** resistance exercise

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03991117
- **Lead sponsor:** McMaster University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-01-04
- **Primary completion:** 2016-03-01
- **Final completion:** 2016-03-01
- **Target enrollment:** 10 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-06-19


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03991117

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03991117, "Lower and Higher Load Resistance Exercise Protocols: Acute Muscle Activation and Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03991117. Licensed CC0.

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