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CompletedNCT05510726

Quantitative Evaluation of Muscle Stiffness in Neurological Patients With Muscle Overactivity

Reliability, Validity, and Responsiveness of Shearwave Elastography to Assess Muscle Stiffness in Neurological Population With Muscle Overacivity

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
30 (actual)
Sponsor
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Objective: 1. to investigate reliability, validity and responsiveness of shearwave elastography (SWE) to assess muscle stiffness of overactive upper or lower limb muscles in different angle joint positions in patients with neurological condition 2. to investigate the relationship between muscle stiffness measured by SWE and by MyotonPro 3. to investigate the correlation between muscle stiffness measured by SWE and clinical outcomes Methods: each patient will be assessed three times: two times at an interval of 15 minutes on the same day and one time at an interval of one week at the same time of the day. The following measurements will be made at each evaluation: SWE, MyotonPro, clinical evaluation. SWE and MytotonPro will be taken at different angle joint position. Outcomes: muscle stiffness measured by SWE and MyotonPro at different angle joint positions, and clinical evaluation (passive range of motion, modified ashworth scale, tardieu scale, fuglmeyer) Hypothesis: SWE is a valid, reliable, and resposive method to assess muscle stiffness in neurological population with muscle overactivity. The results of SWE will be correlated with the results of MyotonPro and with clinical outcomes.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DEVICEshearwave elastographyshearwave elastography on upper or lower limb

Timeline

Start date
2022-09-01
Primary completion
2023-05-30
Completion
2023-05-30
First posted
2022-08-22
Last updated
2023-06-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05510726. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.