Exoskeletal support in nursing care - Evaluation of musculoskeletal loading of the lower back during passive transfer sit-to-stand using electromyography and motion analysis
- Conditions
- low back pain
- Registration Number
- DRKS00030006
- Lead Sponsor
- Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 33
Current activity as a nursing specialist in outpatient, inpatient, partly inpatient area or day care in VZ/TZ
- body height: 160 - 190 cm
- Body weight maximum 100kg
- No medically diagnosed back pain in the last 12 months
- No acute/current back pain in the lumbar spine
- German or English language skills; at least B2 level (independent language use, language and text comprehension)
- No sick leave should have been taken within the last four weeks related to a musculoskeletal condition
- At least 3 months of work experience in the nursing field
- Nursing Assistants
- Acute/current low back pain in the lumbar spine.
- Medically diagnosed back pain in the last 12 months
- Body height under 160 cm or over 190 cm
- Body weight over 100 kg
- Neurological symptoms such as: Paresis, paralysis syndromes, gait, coordination and consciousness disorders. multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, tremor, dystonia, degenerative diseases of the CNS (ataxias), epilepsies, diseases of the cranial nerves, diseases of the peripheral nerves (polyneuropathies)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method muscular contraction in the lower back
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Acceptance and benefits of exoskeletons in nursing care