Muscle Assessment in Women Who Have Undergone Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery (FUBA)

University of Chile

Status: Completed

Conditions: Muscle Function, Handgrip Strength Test

Treatments: Other: Assess muscle function

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02811393

ACHINUMET1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess muscle function in women at least two years after being submitted to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery and compare with a control group

Full description

Obesity is a public health problem globally. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated are 600 million obese worldwide and according to National Health Survey 2010 in Chile 67% of the population suffers from some degree of overweight having approximately 300,000 morbidly obese.

The first-line treatment for obesity is diet, exercise and cognitive behavioral therapy, however, these interventions are not effective enough to control long-term obesity, and so bariatric surgery is currently the treatment of choice to control morbid obesity.

Overall, after bariatric surgery, most patients lose on average 60% of excess weight and improve their comorbidities during the first postoperative year, however, the long term effects of this weight reduction are not known in detail regarding body composition and muscle function.

The aim of this study is to assess muscle function measured by hand grip strength test in women at least 2 years after bariatric surgery (Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass) and to compare with control group.

Enrollment: 26 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Case group: women, 18-70 y, submitted to a Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery at least two years ago

Exclusion criteria

• osteoarthritis of hands and knees, any osteoarticular, rheumatologic or neurological disease hindering the performance of the tests of muscle function; type 2 diabetes mellitus; acute infectious diseases; use of muscle relaxants; physical and intellectual disabilities and uncontrolled hypothyroidism.

Trial design

26 participants in 2 patient groups

Bariatric surgery

Description:

Women who have been submitted to a Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery for at least 2 years

Treatment:

Other: Assess muscle function

Unoperated

Description:

Women with similar characteristics to control group (age, body mass index, physical activity level), but they have not been submitted to bariatric surgery

Treatment:

Other: Assess muscle function