Radiological Evaluation of Sarcopenia in Patient Received Chemotherapy

Assiut University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Sarcopenia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06166134

Us and CT in sarcopenia

Details and patient eligibility

About

Radiological evaluation of sarcopenia in patients receiving chemotherapy

Full description

Evaluation of muscle mass by using sonoelastography and computed tomography

Enrollment: 72 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all cancer patients receiving chemotherapy referred to radiodiagnosis department for routine examination Patients must be between 18 and

Exclusion criteria

• Previous or current history of any musculoskeletal or neurological disorder including strokes.
• Systemic atrophy affecting CNS ( Huntington disease ,hereditary ataxia ,spinal muscular disorder and related syndromes ,post polio syndrome )
• Central nervous system demyelinating disease ( Multiple sclerosis , acute disseminated demyelinated syndromes..
• Corticosteroids undertaken currently or for the past 3 years with doses >5mg/day.