Ultrasonography in Diagnosis of Polyneuropathy

University Medical Centre Ljubljana

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Polyneuropathies

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06390527

USpolyneuropathy

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main goal of this trial is to establish recommendations for clinical practice that enhance the reliability, accessibility and convenience of sheer wave elastography as a routine diagnostic test for diverse peripheral neuropathies.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18-80 years
• Clinical signs of particular polyneuropathy not explained by other causes

Exclusion criteria

• Entrapment or compression neuropathies
• Nerve trauma
• The diagnosis of vasculitic neuropathy, neuralgic amyotrophy, diabetic radiculo-plexo-neuropathy, hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies and motor neuron disorders including monomelic amyotrophy.