Reliability of Rehabilitative Ultrasound for the Quadriceps Muscle and Sarcopenia in Poststroke Patients

Reliability of Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging for the Quadriceps Muscle and Sarcopenia in Poststroke Patients

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04042818

Enrollment

Registered

2019-08-02

Start date

2019-07-01

Completion date

2020-01-30

Last updated

2019-08-02

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Conditions

Hand Strength, Hemiplegia, Quadriceps Muscle Atrophy, Sarcopenia, Stroke, Complication, Ultrasonography

Keywords

Sarcopenia, Stroke, Quadriceps Muscle Atrophy, Hemiplegia, Ultrasonography, Hand Strength

Brief summary

The purpose of the study is search the interrater and intrarater reliability of the quadriceps muscle using rehabilitative ultrasound imaging and search for an association between sarcopenia and quadriceps muscle in poststroke patients.

Detailed description

Poststroke patients often suffer from muscle atrophy in quadriceps muscle. Quadriceps muscle is essential for independent standing or ambulation after stroke. Quadriceps muscle consists of four different muscles: rectus femoris, vastus intermedius, vastus lateralis and medialis. The present study search for reliability for rectus femoris and vastus intermedius muscle thickness and cross-sectional area using rehabilitative ultrasound imagining. Longitudinal and transverse ultrasound imagining of the muscle thickness will be performed on both rectus femoris and vastus intermedius muscles for both extremities. The procedures will be repeated by two experts at two separate times (7-10 days). For sarcopenia measurement grip strength and DEXA measurements of the patients will be calculated. Totally 68 patients will be included in the study.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTRehabilitative Ultrasound

Ultrasound imagining

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Poststroke patients (\>6 months)

Exclusion criteria

* \< 6 months after stroke * Multiple stroke

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Thickness of Rectus Femoris Muscle	One week	Longitudinal and Transverse thickness of rectus femoris muscle
Thickness of vastus intermedius muscle	One week	Longitudinal and Transverse thickness of vastus intermedius muscle
Cross-sectional area of Rectus Femoris Muscle	One week	Cross-sectional area of Rectus Femoris Muscle

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Contacts

Primary ContactMehmet A Guler, M.D.

makifguler89@gmail.com+905054930098

Backup ContactZeynel Karakullukçuoğlu, M.D.

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026