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UnknownNCT03196622

Validation of a Screening Test for Sarcopenia in Older People

Validation of a Screening Test of Sarcopenia in the Elderly People at Hospital and in Retirement Houses

Status
Unknown
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1,300 (estimated)
Sponsor
University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Identify the threshold which the handgrip strenght can be used as a screening test of sarcopenia. Handgrip strenght can be used in daily clinical practice to screen patients having sarcopenia to improve treatment and quality of life.

Detailed description

A cross-sectional multicentre study will be performed in hospital and retirement houses on patients ages 75 years old or more.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DEVICEHandgrip testHandgrip strenght can be used in daily clinical practice to screen patients having sarcopenia to improve treatment and quality of life.

Timeline

Start date
2017-07-11
Primary completion
2018-12-01
Completion
2019-06-01
First posted
2017-06-23
Last updated
2017-07-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03196622. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.