Measurement of Pressures Generated During Different Prone Positions in Healthy Volunteers
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Skin/Bed pressures
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Prone positioning (PP) reduces mortality in the most severe cases of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Despite the benefits of PP, this technique presents adverse effects such as an increased risk of bedsores, linked to the duration, which must be around 16 consecutive hours.
There are 2 PP techniques:
- Positioning with arms alongside the body
- Swimmer's position At present, no study compares or has compared prospectively, the impact of the type of position used during ventral decubitus on mortality and the incidence of pressure sores, nor on secondary effects in intensive care.
Pressure transducers are available for instantaneous measurement of pressures between 2 interfaces. The investigators have acquired a pressure-measuring device, a mattress topper which is attached to the resuscitation mattress and which, connected to a PC, provides a live display of the pressures between the patient and the mattress.
The investigators would like to use their device to measure pressures during these 2 PP in healthy volunteers, which would enable them to obtain the world's first data on the real pressures generated during PP.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Crossover
- Primary Purpose
- Diagnostic
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Male or female
- •Major volunteer
Exclusion Criteria
- •Volunteers with cervical mobility problems preventing them from rotating their head 90°
- •Volunteers with scapulohumeral joint mobility problems preventing them from performing 90° elevation/abduction.
- •Pregnant volunteer (confirmed by a blood sample test or a positive pregnancy test).
- •Volunteer not affiliated to a French social security system
- •Volunteer protected by law
Arms & Interventions
Arms at side
Intervention: Prone Position (Other)
Swimmer Position
Intervention: Prone Position (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Skin/Bed pressures
Time Frame: 5 minutes
Obtain pressure values for both prone position techniques on pressure sore risk zones (face/shoulders/hips/knees/feet)
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported