Clinical Trial: Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome, Sarcopenia and Chronic Pain
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Sarcopenia
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: A Possible Association Between Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome, Sarcopenia and Chronic Pain
Brief Summary:
Aim: Pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX) is a systemic disease of connective tissue, it can also contribute to sarcopenia and chronic musculoskeletal pain with common pathways.First aim of this study was to investigate whether the rate of sarcopenia is higher in patients with PEXSecond aim was to investigate the association between PEX, sarcopenia parameters and chronic musculoskeletal pain.Methods: A total of 96-patients were enrolled in this study and divided into two groups: PEX-positive (n=48) and PEX-negative…
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