Assessment of Spinal Stability

University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain; Spine Stability

Treatments: Procedure: method (non-surgical) to measure neuromuscular neutral zones

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01060358

08-0063

K99AT004983 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

2586067 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to verify the existence of neuromuscular neutral zones(NNZs) in humans, and develop non-invasive techniques to measure intervertebral kinematics of the lumbar spine. The results will be used to accurately quantify NNZs in humans, and provide a foundation for clinical trials on low back pain patients using this methodology.

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 21-45 years of age - typical working age in physically demanding jobs
• no history of low back injury or musculoskeletal disorder in the past one year
• any activity history: sedentary, active, or non-athletic, and 4) any ethnic background or race
• body mass index score less than 30

Exclusion criteria

• Younger than 21 or older than 45 years old (range not relevant to majority of physical labor force)
• previous injury, disorder, or illness related to the low back
• professional athletes
• professional workers engaged in physical labor (e.g., roofers, loaders/unloaders in warehouses, tile/concrete layers, etc.)
• pregnancy

Trial design

25 participants in 1 patient group

healthy

Description:

Healthy and active men and women between 21 and 45 years old with no history of low back pain or low back injury.

Treatment:

Procedure: method (non-surgical) to measure neuromuscular neutral zones