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

Gaziosmanpasa Research and Education Hospital1 site in 1 country68 target enrollmentJuly 1, 2019

ConditionsSarcopenia Stroke, Complication Quadriceps Muscle Atrophy Hemiplegia Ultrasonography Hand Strength

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Sarcopenia
Sponsor: Gaziosmanpasa Research and Education Hospital
Enrollment: 68
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Thickness of vastus intermedius muscle
Last Updated: 6 years ago

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Overview

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.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

July 1, 2019

End Date

January 30, 2020

Last Updated

6 years ago

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All