NCT06792279

Detection of Muscle Quality in Children - Protocol for a Validation Study

Use of Ultrasound Echo Intensity for the Detection of Muscle Quality in Children - Protocol for a Validation Study

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 120 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Charles University, Czech Republic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the validity and reliability of ultrasound echo intensity (EI) as a diagnostic tool for assessing muscle quality in children aged 10-14 years, including normal-weight, obese, and trained young athletes. The main questions it aims to answer are: Can EI reliably and accurately measure muscle quality in children when validated against gold-standard techniques like DXA and isokinetic dynamometry? What are the age-, sex-, and fitness-specific benchmarks for EI to differentiate between normal and pathological muscle quality?

Conditions

• Ultrasonography

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-03-01
• Primary completion: 2026-03-31
• Completion: 2026-03-31
• First posted: 2025-01-24
• Last updated: 2025-01-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Czechia