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First received: June 23, 2023

Clinical Trial: Sternocleidomastoid Thickness in Sarcopenia

Study Status: Completed

Recruit Status: RECRUITING

Condition: Sarcopenia

Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL


Official Title: Could Changes in Sternocleidomastoid Muscle Thickness be a Predictor of Sarcopenia in Intensive Care Patients?

Brief Summary: In order to prevent sarcopenia in intensive care patients and to guide nutritional therapy, evaluation of muscle thickness with ultrasonography is a modern, simple and non-invasive procedure routinely performed by Anesthesiology and Reanimation specialists.Sarcopenia in intensive care patients has been demonstrated in many studies.It has been studied that routine examination of changes in rectus femoris muscle thickness by ultrasonography is a predictor of sarcopenia.However, the muscles in the neck region, such…

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