NCT05733377

Non-invasive Imaging Technique for the Study of Lordosis in Pregnant Women and Its Relationship to Birth Outcome

Validation of a Non-invasive Image Technique for Studying Pregnant Women´s Lordosis. Relation Between Lordosis and Childbirth Outcome.

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 122 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Alcala · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 20 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study consists of collecting measurement data of the rachis in pregnant women and the subsequent outcome of her delivery. This will make it possible to validate a non-invasive imaging technique through software that can be used to study this anatomical curve proposing a new measurement method for the angle of lordosis. Finally, with the research data, the investigators will try to find a correlation between these variables (angle of lordosis and delivery outcome.

Conditions

• Pregnancy Outcome
• Biomechanics
• Back Disorder
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Biomedical Technology

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Arrow Test	It consists of taking the widest measurement between the rope of a plumb bob on her upper and lower back.
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Angle measurement by imaging device	First, three anatomical landmarks are located, and a sticker is placed on each of them: the 12th thoracic vertebra at its intersection with the midline descending from the axilla, the greater trochanter, and the anterior superior iliac spine. After this, the woman will be asked to stand in a normal position facing forward with her hands crossed over her shoulders, and a picture will be taken and pixelated with anything that could identify her. The angle formed by the three stickers will be measured with this image and the software.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-07-15
• Primary completion: 2025-06-30
• Completion: 2025-06-30
• First posted: 2023-02-17
• Last updated: 2024-11-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain