Reliability of an Objective Measurement to Assess Lumbar Spine Motion in Healthy Controls and in Low Back Pain Patients

Ruhr University of Bochum1 site in 1 country102 target enrollmentMarch 2012

ConditionsReliability, Validity of Measurement to Assess Lumbar Spine Motion Comparison of Healthy Subjects and Low Back Pain Patients

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Reliability, Validity of Measurement to Assess Lumbar Spine Motion
Sponsor: Ruhr University of Bochum
Enrollment: 102
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: reliability of measurement tool
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 7 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

Main of the study is to assess the reliability of a new objective tool to measure lumbar spine motion. The data will be collected from healthy subjects and subjects with frequent or daily low back pain in the last three months. In addition we compare the results of the motion measurements with disability and pain questionnaires such as the Roland Morris, Oswestry Disability Index and the Brief Pain Inventory.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

March 2012

End Date

December 2013

Last Updated

7 years ago

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Ruhr University of Bochum

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Christoph Maier, Prof. Dr.

Prof. Dr. Christoph Maier, Pain Medicine

Ruhr University of Bochum

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•older than 18 years, informed consent, sufficient German skills \<30 days low back pain in the last 90 days (control group) \>31days of low back pain in the last 90 days (low back pain group)

Exclusion Criteria

•neurological disorder (including multiple sclerosis, Stroke, Parkinson´s disease), Current pain \>= 4 (NSR)/intake of analgesic in the last 24h/ previous low back surgery (control group), inability to perform choreography (LBP group)