Status:
COMPLETED
Feasibility and Reliability of Ultrasound in Acute Burns.
Lead Sponsor:
Universiteit Antwerpen
Collaborating Sponsors:
Research Foundation Flanders
Conditions:
Burns
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
This trial investigates the feasibility and reliability of different ultrasound protocols to determine quadriceps muscle architecture in acutely admitted burn patients. The results of this trial will ...
Detailed Description
BACKGROUND Despite the ubiquity of muscle wasting following burns, practical and accurate tools to measure the degree of muscle wasting are lacking in burn care. Ultrasound has been used for this purp...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Burn subjects:
- ≥10 - ≤80 %TBSA
- Burn depth: 2nd deep / 3rd degree
Exclusion
- Electrical burn (except flash burns)
- Associated injury: fracture lower limb
- Diabetes Mellitus type 1
- Central / peripheral neurological/neuromuscular disorders (interfering with exercise)
- Cognitive / psychological disorders (interfering with cooperation)
- Cardiopulmonary disease (interfering with exercise safety)
- Pregnancy
- Palliative care
- Healthy subjects:
- none
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 4 2020
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 6 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
20 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04852133
Start Date
May 4 2020
End Date
April 6 2021
Last Update
October 19 2021
Active Locations (2)
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1
Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen Stuivenberg
Antwerp, Belgium, 2060
2
Militaire Hospitaal Koningin Astrid, Neder-Over-Heembeek
Brussels, Belgium, 1120