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Sonographic Evaluation Of Nerve Thickness In Traumatic Lower-Limb Amputees

NCT04602793 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 33

Last updated 2020-10-26

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Summary

Lower limb amputation (LLA) commonly affects young and active people who have long life expectancy. It is a major surgery causing many functional deficiencies which can reduce overall health quality and physical condition of the wounded persons and necessitating a multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme. High-frequency ultrasonography (US) is useful in evaluating peripheral nerves because of it has many superiority to other techniques. The advantages of US is; it has high resolution but no ionized radiation. It is possible to make dynamic and real-time imaging. It was showed that US have the same specificity and more sensitivity than magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in evaluating peripheral nerves. The aim of this study is to evaluate the sciatic, tibial and peroneal nerves of traumatic lower-limb amputees with the help of sonography and find the relationship between sonographic values and clinical characteristics.

Conditions

  • Amputation, Traumatic

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

ultrasonography

All ultrasonographic examinations were performed by a single physiatrist experienced in musculoskeletal sonography. The full course of the sciatic nerve (SN), tibial nerve (TN), and common peroneal nerve (CPN) was assessed in a craniocaudal direction starting from the subgluteal fold to the popliteal fossa. The probe was placed axially on the nerves (perpendicular to the nerve) and the cross-sectional area (CSA) was measured at the same level proximal to the bifurcation for the SN , and at a point distal to the bifurcation of the SN for the TN and CPN (Figure 2). The values from the normal sides were accepted as controls.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • sefa Gümrük Aslan, MD · Gaziler PMR, Training and Research Hospital, Department of PMR

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-04-01
Primary Completion
2020-04-01
Completion
2020-04-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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