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Calf Circumference Versus X-ray Absorptiometry in the Diagnosis of Sarcopenia in Elderly Hospitalized Patients
Led by Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans · Updated on 2025-12-30
298
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
173 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This is a prospective single-center study to evaluate a diagnostic method. The main objective of the study is to evaluate the performance of calf circumference as a diagnostic method for sarcopenia in hospitalized elderly people, compared to a gold standard method which is X-ray absorptiometry. The study population are hospitalizing participants aged 75 years and older with an indication to search for sarcopenia.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Calf Circumference Versus X-ray Absorptiometry in the Diagnosis of Sarcopenia in Elderly Hospitalized Patients
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age greater than or equal to 75 years
- Hospitalization in a medical department or in the follow-up care or rehabilitation department of the Hospital Center of Orléans
- Presence of an etiological criterion of undernutrition
- Presence of a decrease in muscle strength
You will not qualify if you...
- Presence of one of two phenotypic criteria for undernutrition other than sarcopenia, which are body mass index less than 22 kilogram per square meter and weight loss (≥ 5 percent over 1 month or ≥ 10 percent over 6 months or ≥10 percent compared with usual weight before the disease).
- Refusal to participate in the study
- Patient under legal protection
- Impossible to perform X-ray absorptiometry (behavioral problems, functional constraints to climb on the DXA machine)
- Person not affiliated to a social security system
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
CHU d'Orléans
Orléans, France
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Research Team
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Number of Arms
1
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