Muscle Strength, Muscle Endurance, Lower Extremity Function, Aerobic Capacity, Pressure Pain Threshold and Edema in Women with Lipedema

Gazi University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Healthy; Lipedema

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06866847

Lipedema/Haspolat M

Details and patient eligibility

About

Lipedema is a chronic progressive disease that causes disproportionate, painful extremities with abnormal fat distribution. Lipedema is known to cause physical and psychosocial disorders in individuals, but there are very limited studies on this subject. The aim of this study is to evaluate muscle strength, muscle endurance, lower extremity function, aerobic capacity, pressure pain threshold and edema parameters in individuals diagnosed with lipedema and to compare them with individuals without lipedema. Volunteer women aged 18 years and older with lipedema (study group) and without lipedema (control group) will be included in the study. After recording the demographic information of the patients, lower extremity muscle strength will be assessed with the K-force handheld dynamometer, lower extremity muscle endurance with the 30 Second Sit-to-Stand Test, lower extremity function with the Lower Extremity Functional Scale, aerobic capacity with the 6-Minute Walking Test, pressure pain threshold with the Baseline algometer, and edema with the moisturemeter. Data from the study and control groups will be recorded in the SPSS program and compared using the appropriate statistical method.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women over the age of 18 diagnosed with lipedema

Exclusion criteria

• Having cardiovascular, orthopedic and/or neurological problems that may affect physical capacity

  • Having diseases such as heart failure, kidney failure that may cause general or localized edema

Trial design

30 participants in 2 patient groups

study group

Description:

Women diagnosed with lipedema

control group

Description:

Women over the age of 18 who do not have any cardiovascular, orthopedic and/or neurological problems that may affect physical capacity and who do not have diseases such as heart failure or renal failure that may cause general or localized edema.