Muscle Quality and Percentage of Fat Following a Lower Limb Injury

NCT03578705 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2020-05-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of the study is to longitudinally evaluate patient muscle quality in trauma patients with bed rest or altered weight-bearing with the help of a consumer approved non-proprietary muscle impedance-measuring device. Secondary objectives are to identify patient characteristics or treatment protocols that are predictive of poor muscle quality.

Conditions

  • Lower Limb Injury
  • Injury Trauma

Interventions

DEVICE

Electrical Impedance Myography unit or "EIM"

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Edward Harvey, MD · McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-15
Primary Completion
2020-12-31
Completion
2021-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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