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University of Michigan |
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| Information provided by: | University of Michigan |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00796094 |
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential importance of tissue elasticity in the assessment of soft tissues including muscles, tendons and ligaments and other soft tissue structures.
The evaluation of tissue elasticity (easily stretched or moveable) may assist in assessment of various soft tissue structures, such as fatty atrophy of muscles, tendon/ligamentous injury and healing and other soft tissue structures.
| Condition | Intervention |
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Tendons Ligaments Muscles |
Other: Ultrasound examination |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Diagnostic, Open Label, Single Group Assignment |
| Official Title: | Elasticity Imaging of Soft Tissues |
| Estimated Enrollment: | 200 |
| Study Start Date: | December 2008 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | November 2009 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | November 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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Evaluation of tissue elasticity
Evaluate the potential importance of tissue elasticity in the assessment soft tissue structures.
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Other: Ultrasound examination
Sonoelastrography is an ultrasound examination that can determine the elasticity of soft tissue. This examination takes approximately 10 minutes to complete.
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Stiffness/elasticity of the tissue can be assessed by mechanical excitation with measurement of resultant tissue motion. Reconstruction of the elastic deformability (strain imaging) in real time ultrasound is known as sonoelastography.
Elasticity ultrasound imaging will be performed on the area being evaluated clinically.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Contacts and Locations| Contact: Yoav Morag, M.D. | 734-369-4877 | yoavm@umich.edu |
| United States, Michigan | |
| University of Michigan Hospital | Recruiting |
| Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109 | |
| Contact: Yoav Morag, M.D. 734-369-4877 yoavm@umich.edu | |
| Principal Investigator: Yoav Morag, M.D. | |
| Principal Investigator: | Yoav Morag, M.D. | University of Michigan |
More Information
| Responsible Party: | University of Michigan ( Yoav Morag M.D. / Principal Investigator ) |
| Study ID Numbers: | HUM 20943 |
| Study First Received: | November 21, 2008 |
| Last Updated: | December 10, 2008 |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00796094 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
