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Soleus H-Reflex in Different Sitting Postures

NCT01744899 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2012-12-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of prolonged sitting duration and three different sitting postures (erect, slumped, and slouched sitting postures) on spinal nerve root function by measuring the soleus (SOL) H-reflex amplitude. In addition, the pressure under the ischial tuberosities during the three sitting postures were assessed and correlated with the SOL H-reflex amplitude.

Conditions

  • Compression of Spinal Nerve Root
  • Spinal Disorder
  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Sitting posture

The outcomes were measured while the participants assumed erect, slumped and slouched sitting postures.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission to the United States

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Texas Woman's University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hamad S Al Amer, MS · Texas Woman's University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2012-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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