Status:
UNKNOWN
Screening for Age-Related Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction
Lead Sponsor:
Washington D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Conditions:
Sarcopenia
Eligibility:
MALE
45-85 years
Brief Summary
This pilot study will aid the development of a sonographic screening method used to obtain proxy measures of LBM and estimates of muscle composition that relate to Intramuscular adipose tissue (IMAT),...
Detailed Description
The primary goals of this project are to: 1) develop and validate a rapid, portable, cost-effective, screening method for sarcopenia using diagnostic ultrasound (US), and 2) determine if the US screen...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- You are eligible to participate if:
- You are registered to receive healthcare at the Washington DC VAMC through the Geriatrics Extended Care Service and/or Primary Care Service.
- You are a male.
- You are between the ages of 45 - 85 years.
- Must be able to stand comfortably for 10 minutes and walk a short distance (use of assistive devices are acceptable).
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Exclusion
- You are not eligible to participate if:
- You have uncontrolled hypertension.
- Body Mass Index (BMI) \<18.5 or \>32.5.
- Musculoskeletal conditions that would stop you from performing the physical assessment test.
- Muscle weakness due to neurological disease or injury (such as stroke or spinal cord injury).
- Moderate to severe sepsis (blood infection) or edema (such as swelling of a limb).
- Currently prescribed medications that affect glucose or insulin.
- Uncontrolled cardiovascular disease.
- Hospitalization over the last three months.
- Diagnosis of diabetes.
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Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2014
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02277236
Start Date
October 1 2014
End Date
August 1 2020
Last Update
December 19 2019
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Washington DC VA Medical Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20422