Quantitative Evaluation of Muscle Tone Using Elastic Ultrasound

  • STATUS
    Recruiting
  • participants needed
    40
  • sponsor
    Peking University Third Hospital
Updated on 19 February 2024

Summary

The test subjects were selected from patients with clinical manifestations in muscle tone and healthy volunteers. Target muscles includes elbow flexor, elbow extensor, plantar flexor and ankle dorsi flexor. Thirty patients and 10 healthy subjects were given three assessment methods to measure muscle tension: modified Ashworth rating scale, elastic ultrasound technology and surface electromyography, and the data obtained by these three methods will be statistically analyzed and discussed.

Details
Condition Ultrasound, ultrasonic diagnosis, Hypertonia
Age 18-80 years
Clinical Study IdentifierNCT04275401
SponsorPeking University Third Hospital
Last Modified on19 February 2024

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Inclusion Criteria

There are clinical manifestations of changes in muscle tension of the elbow flexor group
Subject's diagnosis is clear
The degree of joint mobility meets the method of muscle tension assessment

Exclusion Criteria

Has serious diseases such as heart, lung, liver, kidney, etc., cardiac function grade is greater than Grade I (NYHA), has symptoms and signs or examination results such as respiratory failure
History of muscle disorders
Recent (within 6 months) history of external injury, fracture or surgery of the limb
Are using drugs that affect muscle tone
Severe osteoporosis
Acute phase of inflammation
Acute limb thrombosis of the subject
Pregnancy
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