Comparison of Electronic Calipers to Conventional Calipers and X-ray Measurement of Spinal Tilt

KKT Orthopedic Spine Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Lower Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Diagnostic

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT02920255

Caliper 1001

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

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.

Trial design

100 participants in 3 patient groups

Electronic Caliper Measurements

Description:

This arm would be the spinal diagnostic measurements taken at the hips and shoulders of participants with electronic calipers.

Treatment:

Other: Diagnostic

Conventional Caliper Measurements

Description:

This arm would be the spinal diagnostic measurements taken at the hips and shoulders of participants with conventional calipers.

Treatment:

Other: Diagnostic

X-ray Measurements

Description:

This arm would be the spinal diagnostic measurements taken at the hips and shoulders of participants with x-rays.

Treatment:

Other: Diagnostic