Measurement of Spinal Kinematics During Various Movements

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Low Back Pain
• Interventions: Other: Visual cues

• Registration Number: NCT04334889
• Lead Sponsor: Haute Ecole de Santé Vaud

Brief Summary

Participants will perform movements while receiving different visual cues. Spinal kinematics will be measured during these movements and compared between asymptomatic and CLBP participants. Participants will come for a unique session.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-04-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-04-02
• Study First Posted: 2020-04-06
• Status Verified: 2024-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-03-01
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-04
• Study Start: 2024-12
• Primary Completion: 2025-04
• Study Completion: 2025-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• sufficient French level to understand the instructions for the tests, the information sheet, the consent form.

For CLBP patients:

• diagnosis of non-specific low back pain (pain from lower ribs to gluteal folds) for more than 3 months.

For asymptomatic participants:

• no history of LBP requiring medical attention during the last two years
• no other concomitant pain or condition that could compromise the evaluation of lumbar kinematics.

Exclusion Criteria

• pregnancy
• skin allergy to tape
• body mass index (BMI) above 32

For patients with CLBP only:

• specific low back pain (such as the presence of infection, rheumatological or neurological diseases, spinal fractures, tumours)
• any known important spinal deformities
• previous back surgery that limits spinal mobility
• high level of pain at the time of experiment that prevents repeated movements (severity and irritability)
• other concomitant pain or condition that could compromise the evaluation of spinal kinematics.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Asymptomatic controls	Visual cues	Asymptomatic participants should have had no history of LBP requiring medical attention during the last two years and no other concomitant pain or condition that could compromise the evaluation of lumbar kinematics.
Chronic low back pain (CLBP)	Visual cues	All CLBP patients should present with non-specific low back pain (pain from lower ribs to gluteal folds) for more than 3 months.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Spinal kinematics	Day 1	Spinal kinematics will be measured at the lumbar and thoracic spine in degrees