Role of Ultrasound in Diagnosis of Muscle Diseases

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The study aims to provide a timely update on the role of combining clinical and neuromuscular ultrasound assessments in diagnosis and follow-up of various muscle diseases in clinical practice over 12 months period, and correlating US findings with functional scales, biochemical and electrophysiological studies.

Clinical Trial Description

Many muscle diseases share common clinical features that render arriving at appropriate diagnoses difficult. The combination of muscle imaging with clinical can limit the differential diagnosis and yield the most probable one and can direct genetic testing as the only method to arrive at a definite diagnosis. In recent years, the use of high-resolution ultrasound had become an important tool in diagnosis and in the monitoring of disease progression and treatment of both hereditary and acquired myopathies. Additionally, it entails a safe, accessible, low-cost, and no ionizing radiation tool which renders the technique extremely suitable for paediatric patients and patients who cannot lie still without sedation. therefore, it can be used as a complementary tool to electro-diagnosis. Ultrasound permits to evaluate echo intensity, muscle perfusion, transverse and longitudinal sections of the muscle and its thickness at rest and during maximal voluntary contractions, overlying subcutaneous fat, cross-sectional area, and angled fibers of pennate muscles. The use of sonographically guided biopsy is an easy, safe, and reliable method for attaining tissue for histologic diagnosis in neuromuscular disease. In most myopathies, either acute or chronic, muscle tissue undergoes morphological changes giving rise to replacement of muscle by connective tissue and/or fat. Pattern recognition on muscle imaging might be helpful in distinguishing between different disease entities. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT04233255
Study type	Observational
Source	Assiut University
Contact	Manar N. Abd-el-Hakim, Master
Phone	01024924617
Email	mannarnasr@gmail.com
Status	Recruiting
Phase
Start date	April 1, 2020
Completion date	July 1, 2024

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