Reliability of rasterstereographic 3D spine measurements while walking
- Conditions
- Healthy volunteers
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 25
The research project will include subjects who can walk without pain. The gender or ethnicity does not play a role. The age of the participants should be between 18 and 70 years. This restriction is chosen because from the age of 18 years no relevant change in gait pattern due to longitudinal growth is to be expected. From an age of 70 years onward, increasing health problems are to be expected, which could affect the gait pattern or walking safety.
Since this study utilizes a treadmill, persons with unsafe gait patterns will be excluded. To detect possible criteria for exclusion, a personal interview will be held and the 2-minute walk test will be performed. In the admission interview the following points are asked by the investigator and documented pseudonymously. Each individual item represents an exclusion criterion.
Subjects will be excluded who indicate:
- NAS > 0 when walking and are therefore currently not pain-free when moving
- Using a walking aid
- Suffer from an acute illness, such as fever, not yet healed
injuries, dizziness, nausea, balance problems
- Chronic diseases that influence movement behaviour, gait safety and balance, for example Parkinson's disease, hemiplegia,
polyneuropathy
- Suffer from fluctuating disease progression, e.g. multiple sclerosis
- Medication that affect vigilance, muscle tone, or the central nervous system
- Back contour changes due to large scars, a BMI = 30kg/m² or tattoos on the back
- Pregnancy
- Persons who are not able to give their full consent or insight
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method