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A Study of Effects of Age and Hyperkyphosis on Spine Motion and Loading

NCT03008902 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 41

Last updated 2018-10-04

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Summary

We are studying how spine movement changes with age, and when people have vertebral fractures (cracks in the bones of the spine) or hyperkyphosis (a forward stooped posture).

Conditions

  • Kyphosis
  • Vertebral Fracture

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Near-infrared passive motion capture recording

Full body movement will be recorded during movements using near infrared passive motion capture. This procedure is non-invasive and standard practice in biomechanics labs. Movement will be recorded using an eight-camera system. Retroreflective markers are placed at strategic joint locations to characterize limb movement. Accuracies of the marker positions are sub-millimeter, and allow accurate characterization of limb rotation and translation during movements. Passive reflective marker clusters (3 markers each) will be attached to subjects at 8 locations along the spine. Additional markers will be applied to the manubrium of the sternum, head, pelvis, and extremities. Eight EMG surface electrode pairs will be used to record activation from the left and right erector spinae, latissimus dorsi, trapezius and rectus abdominis muscles during all motions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Dennis Anderson, Ph.D. · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-04-18
Primary Completion
2018-08-31
Completion
2018-08-31

Countries

  • United States

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