The rasterstereographic investigation of intersegmental spinal movement pattern in healthy participants according to phases of gait at different walking speeds-a prospective cross-sectional study
- Conditions
- Gesunde Probanden
- Registration Number
- DRKS00010834
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsmedizin Mainz Zentrum für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Healthy participants of both sexes, aged between 18 and 70 years
Participants who suffer from visual impairments, walking impairments or imbalances;
participants after spinal or pelvic surgery;
participants with amputations of the lower extremity;
participants who suffered from low back pain within one year prior to the examination that caused them to contact a health care professional;
participants who suffered from any other musculoskeletal disorder within 6 months prior to the examination that caused them to contact a health care professional;
participants who are in pain on the day of the examination;
participants who suffer from imbalance, limited proprioception, limited coordination or limited walking ability;
participants demonstrating a limited walking speed and a resulting limited walking distance according to their respective gender and age group;
participants with limited joint and spinal mobility;
participants with limited spinal function;
obese participants (BMI higher than 30kg/m²);
participants with psychological or cognitive impairments affecting their capacity for consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Description of the three-dimensional intersegmental spinal movement pattern in healthy participants during ambulation at four different walking speeds (2km/h, 3km/h, 4km/h and 5km/h), to define respective reference values; <br><br>2. Description of the three-dimensional intersegmental spinal movement pattern in healthy participants during ambulation at four different walking speeds, according to the eight phases of the gait cycle (2km/h, 3km/h, 4km/h and 5km/h), to define respective reference values.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Descriptive presentation of the relationship between the three-dimensional intersegmental spinal movement pattern (C7-L4) and the participants’ sex;<br><br>2. Descriptive presentation of the relationship between the three-dimensional intersegmental spinal movement pattern (C7-L4) and the participants’ age;<br><br>3. Descriptive presentation of the relationship between the three-dimensional intersegmental spinal movement pattern (C7-L4) and the participants’ level of physical activity;<br><br>4. Descriptive presentation of the relationship between the individual three-dimensional spinal movement pattern (C7-L4) and the spinal movement pattern of the respective adjacent spinal segments<br>