Is the alignment of the spine related to chronic low backache?: An observational study
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M958- Other specified acquired deformities of musculoskeletal system
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/07/069988
- Lead Sponsor
- AIIMS Bathinda
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria
Consenting adults between 18-50 years age
Complaint of chronic low backache ( >12 weeks)
Clinically diagnosed as a case of degenerative
spine disease by an experienced spine surgeon
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria
Not consenting
<18 years or > 50 years of age
Systemic and metabolic disease affecting bone
(like RA)
Evidence of foot, ankle, knee or hip pathology
Evidence of spine pathology
Evidence of acute or chronic trauma
History of spine surgery
Evidence of malignancy or spinal metastasis
Females with positive urine pregnancy test
Females taking treatment to conceive, or planning
conception during or before recruitment
Females with history of multiple miscarriages/
birth defects
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - To compare the sagittal spinopelvic parameters in asymptomatic v/s diseased population <br/ ><br>(degenerative spine disease) with respect to the following parameters: TK, LL,SLA, LSA, C7SVA, PI, SS, PTTimepoint: 1 month
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - To assess normal radiolographical parameters in Indian population & compare with <br/ ><br>patients with chronic low backache. - To assess variability among asymptomatic controls with respect to age, sex, BMI, type of <br/ ><br>work (hard labor v/s sedentary). - To look for markers predicting the onset or prognosticating the course of degenerative <br/ ><br>spine disease.Timepoint: 1 month