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NCT Number: NCT04721431

The Investigation of Mechanical Properties in Obesity.

The study will demonstrate the relation between muscle tone and viscoelastic properties with the body mass index.

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Key information

Conditions

Body Fat Disorder Body Weight Muscular Tone Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Obesity Overnutrition Overweight Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms Viscoelasticity

Age range

18 year–50 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Hasan kalyoncu üniversity

Gaziantep, 27144, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Obesity is an increasingly important health problem. It can be defined as excessive fat accumulation. Obesity is a low-severity systemic inflammatory condition that predisposes to chronic diseases.Obesity is closely related to adipose tissue, it can have direct or indirect effects on physical activity and musculoskeletal system. The systems working with oscillation techniques, subcutaneous tissue thickness may affect the probe stroke of the device and oscillation in the tissue. In previous studies were investigated mechanical properties, and BMI used as exclusion criteria is over 30 kg/meter square or keeping it at certain intervals (18-28 kg /meter square) but this proof is not demonstrated and still lack.This study is planned to determine the relation of mechanical properties (tone, stiffness and elasticity) obtained by myotonometric assessment with body mass index.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Body mass index (range; 18 - 35 kg/meter square)

Exclusion criteria

  • Had any systemic or metabolic disease, psychological illness, or drug use,
  • Had any disease that may cause muscle disease or muscle atrophy,
  • musculoskeletal surgery for the last 3 months

Treatment and study plan

myotonometric assessment

Diagnostic Test

MyotonPro device is vertically placed on the muscle, a probe (3 mm diameter) creates constant pre-excitations (0.18 N) and generates short-term (15 ms), low-force (0.4 N) mechanical stimulations.These stimulations induce damped natural oscillations in the tissue and the device records these oscillations using an accelerometer. Muscle tone, elasticity, and stiffness are calculated separately by the device

Primary outcomes

  1. Stiffness obtained from myotonometric assessment

    Time frame: Baseline

    Myoton device stimulations create natural oscillations in the tissue and records these oscillations using an accelerometer. Stiffness (N/m) is calculated by device

  2. Tone obtained from myotonometric assessment

    Time frame: Baseline

    Myoton device stimulations create natural oscillations in the tissue and records these oscillations using an accelerometer. Tone (Hz) is calculated by device

  3. Elasticity obtained from myotonometric assessment

    Time frame: Baseline

    Myoton device stimulations create natural oscillations in the tissue and records these oscillations using an accelerometer. Elasticity (log) is calculated by device.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hasan Kalyoncu University

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Registry information

Official study title

The Affect of Obesity to Muscle Tone and Viscoelastic Properties

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Jan 22, 2021
Registry last updated
Mar 17, 2021

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