Lower Back Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
The objective is to compare the accuracy and reproducibility of measurements taken with electronic calipers and conventional calipers. Using both calipers, reproducibility will be determined by comparing results from a number of practitioners and accuracy will be determined by comparing results with those obtained from X-rays.
Detailed description
Participants will have 2 spinal measurements, one at the shoulder and one at the hip, taken by electronic calipers and conventional calipers with different individual research staff. Up to 5 individual research staff will take the 2 spinal measurements on each participant. This will be done to compare variation of measurements between individual operators. The accuracy of the spinal measurements, obtained with electronic and conventional calipers will be compared to the results obtained from x-rays taken of shoulder and hip areas. Only one x-ray of the shoulder and one x-ray of the hip will be taken of each participant. X-rays represent the clinically accepted standard of obtaining spinal measurements. The data will analyzed statistically to determine sources of variation among the methods of spinal measurement described above.
Interventions
OTHERDiagnostic
Measurement of spinal tilt
Sponsors
KKT Orthopedic Spine Center
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Must be able to have shoulder and hip measurements for spinal tilt
Exclusion criteria
Not able to have shoulder and and hip measurements for spinal tilt.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Accuracy of Electronic Caliper Spinal Measurements | Through study completion, an average of 13 months | All measurements will recorded in degrees of spinal tilt. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Accuracy of Conventional Caliper Spinal Measurements | Through study completion, an average of 13 months | All measurements will recorded in degrees of spinal tilt. |
| Accuracy of X-ray Spinal Measurements | Through study completion, an average of 13 months | All measurements will recorded in degrees of spinal tilt. |
| Reproducibility of Electronic Caliper Measurements | Through study completion, an average of 13 months | All measurements will recorded in degrees of spinal tilt. |
| Reproducibility of Conventional Caliper Measurements | Through study completion, an average of 13 months | All measurements will recorded in degrees of spinal tilt. |
| Reproducibility of X-ray Measurements | Through study completion, an average of 13 months | All measurements will recorded in degrees of spinal tilt. |
Countries
Canada
Contacts
Primary ContactAslam Khan, DC
Backup ContactMalcolm Barth, Ph.D.
Outcome results
None listed