Measuring muscle functional characteristics with high resolution MRI and DTI

Measuring muscle functional characteristics with high resolution MRI and DTI - FCU in MRI

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON32026

Enrollment

Registered

2008-11-03

Start date

2008-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-13

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Conditions

cerebral palsy spasticity

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

12 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with cerebral palsy selected for flexor carpi ulnaris to extensor carpi radialis brevis transfer A minimum age of 12 years old;Controls: - Healthy volunteers that have no history of trauma or any other problem to their non-dominant arm - A minimum age of 18 years old

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not able to understand the written informed consent Not able to extend the elbow further than 20 degrees of flexion Unable to lie flat on stomach Claustrophobia, or unable to lie still for 20 minutes

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Muscle volume, muscle fascicle length, moment arm, amount and nature of the connective tissues	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
none	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results