Protein Synthesis in Midthigh Muscles PET/CT

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sarcopenia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01008839

TLANG_Protiensynthesis (Registry Identifier)

Protein Synthesis

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test a new imaging technique to help scientists study sarcopenia, the process by which muscle becomes weaker with age.

Enrollment: 10 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 25 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• young healthy women aged 25-35 years and older healthy women above 70 years old.

Exclusion criteria

• no cardiac disease, not taking medication for high blood pressure Asthma HIV any other cardiac conditions

Trial design

10 participants in 2 patient groups

Old age group of healthy women

Description:

Old women over 70 years old

young group of healthy women

Description:

aged 25-35 years