NCT01087034

Bracing During Infantile Scoliosis: Airways Study

Bracing During Infantile Scoliosis: Airways Study by Acoustic Method, EOS™ Acquisition and Noninvasive Respiratory Muscles Assessment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: Club d'Anesthésie-Réanimation Pédiatrique Armand Trousseau · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Idiopathic juvenile thoracic scoliosis is a tridimensional deformation of the spine which may impact on the intrathoracic organs. Bracing is one of the oldest treatments of spinal deformities. It relies on the indirect manipulation of spinal curvatures in order to prevent curve progression, which may affect respiratory function. The acoustic reflection method is based on the analysis of the reflection of a single transient planar wave giving the longitudinal cross-sectional area profile of the examined cavity. It is noninvasive and harmless. The EOS™ device allows a double incidence, full body, and low-dose X-ray acquisition with thoracic 3D reconstruction. The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of bracing on the upper airways patency (by means of the acoustic method), on the breathing pattern (noninvasive respiratory muscles assessment), and on the thoracic penetration index (by means of the EOS™)

Conditions

• Scoliosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Acoustic reflection method evaluation	Evaluation of airways by acoustic relection method, with and without the bracing device
RADIATION	EOS™	Scoliosis and thoracic penetration index evaluation by EOS™ acquisition, with and without the bracing device
OTHER	Non invasive respiratory muscle assessment	Non invasive respiratory muscles assessment, with and without the bracing device.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-02-01
• Primary completion: 2010-07-01
• Completion: 2011-06-01
• First posted: 2010-03-15
• Last updated: 2012-06-12

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: France