Postural Assessment by Photogrammetry

Completed

• Conditions: Osteoporosis

• Registration Number: NCT00848159
• Lead Sponsor: Universidade de Franca

Brief Summary

This study aimed to measure the degree of thoracic kyphosis in elderly women with those affected by osteoporosis in the spine, through photogrammetry computer and check the difference between the values obtained with the assumption of greater thoracic kyphosis in osteoporotic women.

Detailed Description

The decrease in bone density of vertebrae leads to a reduction of the anterior vertebral bodies, resulting in compression and collapse of vertebrae, with narrowing of intervertebral disc spaces and, determining a number of deformities in the spine and postural changes, among which can highlight the increase in thoracic kyphosis. This becomes significantly higher with age and after menopause, defined as an increase in curvature in the sagittal plane of the thoracic spine.

Radiographic images have been used for the measurement of thoracic kyphosis, but with some drawbacks of this method such as radiation exposure, radiographic image quality unsatisfactory hampering its analysis and the lack of equipment in the physical environment to monitor clinical evolution of the treatment, causing thus the search for noninvasive methods for evaluating the curves of the spine, including the photogrammetry computed.

According to the American Society of Photogrammetry, the computed photogrammetry is "the art, science and technology of information on physical objects and environment through processes of recording, measuring and interpreting photographic images and patterns of electromagnetic radiant energy and other sources." It is a widely used tool for assessment by quantifying the postural changes through the application of photogrammetric principles to photographic images obtained in body movements, adding to the diagnostic evaluation for physical therapy in different areas.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-04
• Primary Completion: 2007-11
• Status Verified: 2009-02
• Study Completion: 2009-02
• Study First Submitted: 2009-02-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-02-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-02-19
• Study First Posted: 2009-02-20
• Last Update Posted: 2009-02-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 12

Inclusion Criteria

• age between 50 and 80 years
• with examination of bone densitometry
• with densitometric diagnosis of osteopenia in the first group, the second group for osteoporosis,
• willing to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• presence of severe scoliosis, ankylosing spondylitis, obesity
• presence of neurological diseases serious

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Computerized Photogrammetry