How Much Can the Thoracic and Lumbar Skin Slide?

How Much Can the Thoracic and Lumbar Skin Slide? Unrecognized Cause of Epidural Catheter Placement Failure

Status

Terminated

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02105363

Enrollment

400

Registered

2014-04-07

Start date

2014-04-30

Completion date

2017-04-30

Last updated

2019-07-30

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Conditions

Movement of Thoracic and Lumbar Skin

Brief summary

The investigators want to determine how much the skin on the back can move left to right of the midline and also up and down, in subjects presenting for procedure or in healthy volunteers. The investigators will do measurements on the back using samples of individuals in all age groups. It is hypothesized that an explanation to late epidural failure could be related to excess back motion in individual subjects.

Interventions

OTHERmeasure of skin movement on surface of the back

OTHERMeasurement of skin movement on surface of back

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. Children age 0-17 and Adults 18 and older may participate 2. You agree to participate and sign the informed consent document

Exclusion criteria

1. Any type of back deformity 2. Tumor on back 3. Skin Disease on the back 4. Any condition that prevents skin measurements such as scleroderma

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Lumbar skin move greater than 4 cm laterally or cephala-caudal	Data entered day subject participates

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026