Reliability of Rehabilitative Ultrasound for the Quadriceps Muscle and Sarcopenia in Poststroke Patients

• Conditions: Quadriceps Muscle Atrophy; Ultrasonography; Sarcopenia; Stroke, Complication; Hemiplegia; Hand Strength

• Registration Number: NCT04042818
• Lead Sponsor: Gaziosmanpasa Research and Education Hospital

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is search the interrater and intrarater reliability of the quadriceps muscle using rehabilitative ultrasound imaging and search for an association between sarcopenia and quadriceps muscle in poststroke patients.

Detailed Description

Poststroke patients often suffer from muscle atrophy in quadriceps muscle. Quadriceps muscle is essential for independent standing or ambulation after stroke. Quadriceps muscle consists of four different muscles: rectus femoris, vastus intermedius, vastus lateralis and medialis. The present study search for reliability for rectus femoris and vastus intermedius muscle thickness and cross-sectional area using rehabilitative ultrasound imagining. Longitudinal and transverse ultrasound imagining of the muscle thickness will be performed on both rectus femoris and vastus intermedius muscles for both extremities. The procedures will be repeated by two experts at two separate times (7-10 days). For sarcopenia measurement grip strength and DEXA measurements of the patients will be calculated. Totally 68 patients will be included in the study.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2019-07
• Study Start: 2019-07-01
• Study First Submitted: 2019-07-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-07-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-07-31
• Study First Posted: 2019-08-02
• Last Update Posted: 2019-08-02
• Primary Completion: 2019-12-30
• Study Completion: 2020-01-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 68

Inclusion Criteria

• Poststroke patients (>6 months)

Exclusion Criteria

• < 6 months after stroke
• Multiple stroke

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Thickness of vastus intermedius muscle	One week	Longitudinal and Transverse thickness of vastus intermedius muscle
Cross-sectional area of Rectus Femoris Muscle	One week	Cross-sectional area of Rectus Femoris Muscle
Thickness of Rectus Femoris Muscle	One week	Longitudinal and Transverse thickness of rectus femoris muscle

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Gaziosmanpasa Taksim Training and Research Hospital; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey