Establishment of a new evaluation method for amount of skeletal muscle considering intramuscular adipose tissue content - A study using ultrasound imaging

Establishment of a new evaluation method for amount of skeletal muscle considering intramuscular adipose tissue content - A study using ultrasound imaging - Establishment of a new evaluation method for amount of skeletal muscle considering intramuscular adipose tissue content - A study using ultrasound imaging

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000055957

Enrollment

Registered

2024-10-29

Start date

2024-10-30

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

none

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients who have no difficulty in daily life and are not under treatment for cardiovascular, respiratory, or orthopedic diseases. Men and women (no possibility of pregnancy) 18-79 years old Those who have signed the consent form of their own free will after understanding the study contents.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Persons who have a conflict of interest with researchers. Patients with diseases that absolutely contraindicate exercise. Persons with contraindications to MRI imaging.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Relationship between the cross-sectional area of skeletal muscle tissue and intramuscular fat accumulation evaluated using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the thigh and trunk, and muscle thickness and echo intensity evaluated from echo images taken of the same areas.	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactNoriko Tanaka

Nagoya University Research Center of Health Physical Fitness and Sports

tanaka-n@htc.nagoya-u.ac.jp0527893948

Outcome results