NCT03495843

The Influence Body Position and Axial Load on Spinal Stiffness

Assessing Normative Data, Reliability and the Influence of Body Position and Axial Load on Spinal Stiffness by Electromechanical Measurements in Young Healthy Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Balgrist University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

The objective of this study is to examine the influence of body position and additional axial load on spinal stiffness in young healthy adults.

Detailed description

Spinal stiffness plays an important role in the assessment of the spine in the clinical daily routine. It is often performed as a manual PA-pressure test in the prone position. The spinal stiffness is the result of the resistance from the active, passive and neurological subsystems, like muscles (active), ligaments, joint capsule and the skin (passive). Further research had shown, that the spinal stiffness depends also from other factors. It is increased by axial compression. A better understanding of spinal stiffness leads to novel insights into spinal stabilization mechanisms.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Spinal stiffness	Spinal stiffness will be assessed with a device, which measures tissue compliance according to the concept of impulse-response

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-02-01
• Primary completion: 2018-07-01
• Completion: 2018-07-08
• First posted: 2018-04-12
• Last updated: 2018-07-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland