Cut-off Values of Muscle Thickness Ratio for Sarcopenia

Hacettepe University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sarcopenia

Treatments: Other: Ultrasonographic evaluation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03993405

GO 18/506-39

Details and patient eligibility

About

The loss of muscle mass is one of the major diagnostic criteria for sarcopenia. Many methods are also used for the definition of sarcopenia. However there is no information about cut-off values in this respect in the literature. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine the cut-off values of this ratio for confirming the diagnosis of sarcopenia.

Full description

Decreases in total skeletal muscle mass are accepted to be necessary for confirming the diagnosis of sarcopenia. Many methods are also used for the definition of sarcopenia.

However, ultrasound measurements has a high sensitivity and specify for confirming the diagnosis of sarcopenia. However there is no information about cut-off values in this respect in the literature. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine the cut-off values of this ratio for confirming the diagnosis of sarcopenia.

Enrollment: 292 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• To be a volunteer to participate
• To be an aged 18-90 years old.

Exclusion criteria

• Walking with assist device
• Having a visual deficits
• Having an undergone orthopedic surgery
• Having a cardiac pacemaker
• Having a hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus, renal/hepatic failure

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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292 participants in 3 patient groups

Control group:young

Active Comparator group

Description:

Sixty older subjects will be evaluated in this study.

Treatment:

Other: Ultrasonographic evaluation

Control Group:Middle-aged

Active Comparator group

Description:

Sixty middle-aged subjects will be evaluated in this study.

Treatment:

Other: Ultrasonographic evaluation

Experimental group:older

Experimental group

Description:

Sixty older subjects will be evaluated in this study.

Treatment:

Other: Ultrasonographic evaluation