Elastography of soft tissue under high risk for deep tissue injury type of pressure ulcers - PrU-SCI-MRE

Academisch Medisch Centrum0 个研究点目标入组 45 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2024年4月23日

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•In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria:
•* 18 years of age or older
•* The capacity to understand the patient information sheet and the ability to provide written informed consent.;Healthy controls (group 2)
•* will be matched in adapted BMI (adapted in scale to match Spinal Cord Injured in equivalent way), sex and age with spinal cord subjects in group 3 of this study.;Spinal Cord Injured group (group 3):
•* Lesion of lower than vertebra C5. People with higher level lesions suffer from respiratory problems and need external ventilators. These ventilators are not MR compatible.
•* Lesion acquired three months ago and longer. People with a more recent Spinal Cord Injury are in spinal shock period and still in rehabilitation.

•A potential subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
•* Standard contraindications to MR imaging (e.g. cardiac pacemaker, cochlear implant, claustrophobia, pregnancy).
•SCI group (group 3):
•In case of known MR compatible implants and/or pump in body: extra check will be performed to verify specific implant with Reference Manual for Magnetic Resonance Safety, Implants, and Devices. If check is negative, subject is excluded.
•* Waist / Shoulder width larger than 70 cm (diameter of MR scanner)
•* Suffer from a current pressure ulcer.
•* Medical history with respect to muscular diseases

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