Association between 4 different sitting positions and ease of giving spinal/epidural anaesthesia
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/12/038865
- Lead Sponsor
- il
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Volunteers belonging to age group 18-45 years will be included in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Refusal for giving consent
2. Volunteer with history of trauma/previous spinal surgery.
3. Volunteer with significant anatomical spinal abnormalities.
4. Volunteer with BMI >35 kg/m2
5. Pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To measure the acoustic target (defined as intervertebral distance between the L3---L4 laminae) of the patients/volunteers in the four different sitting positions defined as classical sitting position (CSP), hamstring stretch position (HSP), rider sitting position (RSP) and cross legged position (CLP)Timepoint: All the measurements will be taken one after the another in different sitting positions in a single patient.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.To compare ultra-sonographic measurements of the depth of ligamentum flavum from skin. <br/ ><br>2.To compare intrathecal space in all these four defined positions. <br/ ><br>3.To compare patient comfort in all 4 sitting positions <br/ ><br>Timepoint: All the measurements will be taken one after the other in different sitting positions. So time point not applicable