Clinical trials: Bone Age Assessment
Osteoporosis, Accidental Falls
Geriatric Health Exam Osteoporosis Screening
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (WHO FRAX®) Taiwanese calculator is freely available on line to help osteoporosis management.
- Conditions
- Osteoporosis, Accidental Falls, Fracture
- Trial name
- NCT01934387
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 1,319 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Fracture, Abuse Physical
Thermal Imaging Compared to Skeletal Survey in Children Below 2 Years
When a child less than 2 years old attends the Emergency Department (ED) with an injury, carers should offer an explanation. When there is no explanation or if the explanation is inconsistent \& because the child cannot say what…
- Trial name
- NCT04237454
- Testing
- Thermal Imaging Camera
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Evaluation of Bone Age by Ultrasound Technology
Ultrasound Evaluation of Bone Age in Healthy Children
Skeletal maturity assessment, defined also as bone age (BA), has an important role in pediatrics and pediatric endocrinology, used mainly for evaluating growth and puberty related endocrine disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT01980693
- Testing
- SonicBone ultrasound
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clalit Health Services
Bone Age Assessment
Validation Sonic Bone's Ultrasound System for Bone Age Assessment
The selection of talents in junior sports is strongly influenced by the current physical conditions of the athletes. However, the physical abilities, for example in junior football, are largely dependent on the maturation and…
- Trial name
- BAUS (NCT04301570)
- Testing
- Ultrasound device, XR
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 416 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen
Sarcopenia, Osteopenia
Nutrient Support to Body Composition and Healthy Ageing
The focus is healthy ageing, i.e. delaying the deterioration in health status in older adults. Loss of lean tissue (skeletal muscle) mass, a process termed sarcopenia, or bone tissue mass, a process called osteopenia, is a…
- Trial name
- BCHA (NCT02529124)
- Testing
- CONTROL, PROTEIN, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
- Volunteers
- 254 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Phil Jakeman
Depression, Old Age; Debility
Assessment of Depression Levels in Elderly Patients With an Orthopedic Fracture Compared to Patients After a Stroke.
Depression is common among elderly patients hospitalized due to acute conditions like strokes or osteoporotic fractures. It has significant impacts on quality of life, hospitalization rates, and mortality.
- Conditions
- Depression, Old Age; Debility, Stroke, Fractures, Bone
- Trial name
- NCT06570356
- Testing
- Geriatric Depression Scale - 15
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shmuel Harofeh Hospital, Geriatric Medical Center
Rickets
Ultrasound Imaging and Quantitative Vibro-Acoustic Assessment of Rickets Under the Age of Ten
The goal of this study is to find out if the use of ultrasound pictures of bones can spot changes in the growth areas of children with rickets, a condition that affects how bones harden.
- Trial name
- NCT06385938
- Testing
- Ultrasound with quantitative vibro-acoustic assessment
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Frailty
Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Age-Related Frailty
Frailty is a health state related to the aging process in which multiple body systems gradually lose their built-in reserves. It is a medical condition of reduced function in older adults which is associated with increased risks…
- Trial name
- MESCAFY (NCT05284604)
- Testing
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Low Bone Density
Age Related Changes in Calciotropic Hormones and Their Impact on Male Osteoporosis
The purpose of this pilot study is to generate preliminary data regarding the skeletal effects of age-related changes in calcium and vitamin D metabolism in older men.
- Trial name
- NCT00588874
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Aging, Physical Activity
NEUROmuscular Training for Enhanced AGE Longevity
In recent years the research group on Prevention and Health in Exercise and Sport (PHES) has carried out numerous studies that have provided current and convincing evidence of the benefits of physical activity and exercise for…
- Conditions
- Aging, Physical Activity, Training
- Trial name
- NEUROAGE (NCT06620666)
- Testing
- Water-based power resistance training + Dietary supplement I (WPowDSI), Elastic band-based power resistance training + Dietary supplement I (EBPowDSI), Elastic band-based eccentric resistance training + Dietary supplement II (EBEccDSII)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 390 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Valencia
Inactive 30-50-year-old Men
Recreational Football for Young-to-middle-aged Inactive Men
The aim of this study was to examine the health and physical fitness effects of 12 weeks of recreational football in inactive 30-50-year-old men.
- Trial name
- NCT07804563
- Testing
- Experimental: Intervention group
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern Denmark