Gait Analysis and Degenerative Spine

New University of Lisbon

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Spinal Disease

Treatments: Other: Kinematic sensors

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06335095

a319

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this observational study is to analyse the biomechanics of a degenerative spinal disease. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• What are the biomechanical variables affected by the disease
• How they evolve with disease progression and treatment

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 50 and 85 years
• Diagnosis of spinal disease by clinical and imagiological criteria
• More than 3 months duration of disease
• Ability to give consent
• Fluent portuguese speaker

Exclusion criteria

• Previous spine surgery
• Spinal instability
• Neurological disease that might interfere with walking
• Known orthopedic conditions that causes significant gait impairment
• Dementia or development disorder with cognitive impairment
• Inability to give consent

Trial design

200 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

Description:

Healthy volunteers

Treatment:

Other: Kinematic sensors

Disease

Treatment:

Other: Kinematic sensors