Smart Textile Technology for Scoliosis: Aim 1
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Spinal Deformities
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Body movement
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Last Updated
- 8 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The investigators hypothesize that a garment-integrated sensing system will be able to detect with clinical accuracy the position of the spine. The investigator will evaluate this using healthy adult volunteers, who will don sensing garments and assume a series of spinal postures. Concurrent with garment sensing, the participant's spine position will be measured using a motion-capture system that uses reflective markers to detect positions of markers in 3D space.
The motion-capture system provides a gold-standard reference measure to which the sensing garments will be compared. Because the investigators are evaluating the accuracy of the sensing garment, it is only necessary that the investigator test the garments on participants with subtly different body shapes. Healthy adult volunteers provide an adequate input to the sensing signal.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Healthy adults
Exclusion Criteria
- •Under age 18 or over age 65
- •Any medical condition that impairs movement or makes movement painful or difficult.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Body movement
Time Frame: Participants will be assessed during a 1-2 hour visit. Visits will be scheduled over a period of approximately one year.
The movement and position of participants' spine will be recorded using a motion capture device and using a prototype sensing garment during the 1-2 hour lab test. (This is the only point at which investigators will interact with participants)