The Relationship Of Ultrasonographic Measurements With Sarcopenia in Stroke

Kayseri City Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hemiplegia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06254573

Kayseri CH06

Details and patient eligibility

About

introduction:The aim of this study was to show the relationship of distal femoral cartilage and quadriceps thicknesses with functional status and presence of sarcopenia in ambulatory stroke patients with voluntary movement.

Materials and Method: Forty-eight patients who were diagnosed with stroke due to cerebrovascular disease, had started voluntary movement, and had a motor recovery of 3 or above according to Brunnstrom's Staging were included in this cross-sectional study.

Full description

Forty-eight patients who were diagnosed with stroke due to cerebrovascular disease, had started voluntary movement, and had a motor recovery of 3 or above according to Brunnstrom's Staging were included in this cross-sectional study. Bilateral distal femoral cartilage thickness and quadriceps femoris (rectus femoris+vastus intermedius) thickness were measured by ultrasonography. In addition, A Simple Questionnaire to Rapidly Diagnose Sarcopenia (SARC-F questionnaire), hand grip strength, muscle mass measurement with Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), short physical performance battery (KFPB) tests were performed and the presence of sarcopenia The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People-2 (EWGSOP- 2) were evaluated according to the criteria. Patients' Functional Independence Scale (FIM), Functional Ambulation Scale (FAS), Barthel Index and modified ashworth scale (MAS) were evaluated.

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 34 to 89 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Between 18 and 90 years old
• Presence of a history of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke (based on CT and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) report)
• Brunnstrom hemiplegia recovery staging, stage 3≥

Exclusion criteria

• History of recurrent cerebrovascular accident
• More than 2 years have passed since the history of cerebrovascular accident
• Inflammatory arthritis or any other rheumatic disease
• History of trauma to the knee (cruciate ligament or meniscus trauma)
• Previous knee surgery
• Pre-stroke neurological gait disorder
• Lower extremity amputation
• Knee joint contracture