Status:
COMPLETED
Comparison of Cervical Extensor Muscle Thickness, Fat Infiltration, and Cervical Alignment in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis With a Healthy Population: a Retrospective Controlled Study
Lead Sponsor:
Kayseri City Hospital
Conditions:
Muscle Planes, Muscle Volumes, Fat Infiltration in Cervical MRI
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-50 years
Brief Summary
In the literature, we found only one study evaluating the thickness of the cervical paraspinal muscles (multifidus, semispinalis cervicis, semispinalis capitis, splenius capitis, and trapezius) in pat...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- For the study group:
- Patients diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, aged 18-50.
- Patients who underwent a cervical MRI between January 2020 and September 2023. Control Group Patients aged 18-50 who underwent cervical MRI between January 2020 and September 2023 due to nonspecific neck pain, who did not have an AS diagnosis and whose cervical MRI was reported as normal.
Exclusion
- Patients over 50 years of age
- History of spine surgery;
- Presence of pain, numbness, and weakness in the upper extremities
- History of cervical injury or neck injury
- Presence of tuberculosis, tumor, fracture, infection, instability, cervical myelopathy, cervical disc herniation (protrusion, extrusion) (will be considered cervical bulging)
- Presence of cervical radiculopathy
- Those with a detectable pathological spinal condition related to neck pain, including spinal deformity; inflammatory or rheumatic diseases other than AS, malignancies, or neurological diseases
- A cognitive or psychological disorder
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2025
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 30 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
158 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT07148167
Start Date
January 1 2025
End Date
November 30 2025
Last Update
January 6 2026
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Kayseri City Hospital
Kayseri, Kocasinan, Turkey (Türkiye)