Comparison of the Swallowing Functions in Sarcopenia and Dynapenia

Sarcopenia Clinical Trial

Official title: Comparison of the Swallowing Functions of the Sarcopenia and Dynapenia Patients

Status Active, not recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the study to investigate the comparison of the swallowing functions of the sarcopenia and dynapenia in older patients

Clinical Trial Description

Sarcopenia is a geriatric syndrome; from skeletal muscle, and in its usefulness. Dynapenia is a picture of sarcopenia without measurable muscle mass. It has been shown that dysphagia complaints are more common in patients with sarcopenia than in the normal population, but a comparison with patients with dynapenia has not been made to the best of our knowledge. According to the algorithm of The International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM), experts in the special interest group on sarcopenia, in the routine examination of patients aged 60-90 years who applied to the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation outpatient clinic with complaints of decreased muscle function, weakness, and slow movement, or "sarcopenia" or Patients with "dynapenia" and patients without Sarcopenia disease who volunteered to participate in the study will be included in the order of application to the outpatient clinic. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Deglutition Disorders
• Dysphagia
• Sarcopenia
• Swallowing Disorder

• NCT number: NCT04960007
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Prof. Dr. Cemil Tascioglu Education and Research Hospital Organization
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Start date: July 26, 2021
• Completion date: August 27, 2021