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Using Bedside Ultrasound to Screen for Sarcopenia in Older Adults

NCT04370912 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 152

Last updated 2022-11-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The loss of both muscle mass and quality with increasing age is called 'sarcopenia' and is a risk factor for falls, fractures and increased mortality. Sarcopenia is diagnosed with Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scanning (according to current criteria), but in Canada DXA scans are not approved to screen for this condition. One potential solution is Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS), since recent advances have made bedside ultrasound technology readily available as a rapid bedside screening tool.

Conditions

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Bed side Ultrasound

Handgrip strength will be measured using a digital grip strength dynamometer (Sammons Preston, Nottinghamshire, UK). This measurement is carried out three times using the subject's dominant hand, and then averaged

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kenneth Madden, MD · UBC

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-01
Primary Completion
2021-12-31
Completion
2022-04-01

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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