The Relationship Between Muscle Morphology and Muscle Strength

Isometric Muscle Strength Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Relationship Between Muscle Morphology and Muscle Strength

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00933192
• Other study ID #: muscle ultrasound
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 2, 2009
• Last updated: April 15, 2010
• Start date: July 2009
• Est. completion date: March 2010

Study information

• Verified date: April 2010
• Source: Karl Landsteiner Institute of Remobilization and Functional Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Austria: Ethikkommission
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The evaluation of skeletal muscle strength in severly ill or cognitive impaired patients is an unresolved problem especially during the rehabilitation process. The aim of this study is to correlate morphological parameters assessed with muscle ultrasound and isometric muscle strength to establish an objective progression parameter for rehabilitation therapies.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 52
• Est. completion date: March 2010
• Est. primary completion date: March 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• group 1: patients between 18 and 35 years

• group 2: patients between 60 and 80 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• neuromuscular diseases

• hip or knee prosthesis in the investigated leg

• any trauma of the hip, knee or ankle of the investigated leg during the last 12 months

• cognitive impairments

• pregnancy

• diabetes mellitus Type II

• acute or chronic pain in the investigated leg

• chronic maligne or non - maligne diseases (of the heart, lung or kidney)

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Isometric Muscle Strength
• Skeletal Muscle Ultrasound

Intervention

Device:
• Siemens Acuson Antares ultrasound
skeletal muscle ultrasound of the musculus quadriceps, on two different days, two observers

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Austria	Karl Landsteiner Institute of Remobilisation and Functional Health	Vienna

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Karl Landsteiner Institute of Remobilization and Functional Health

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Austria,