Preliminary Study of the Sagittal Alignment of the Lumbo-pelvic Complex in a Sitting Position

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

Status: Completed

Conditions: Back Pain; Low Back Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Sagital xrays

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01323127

LOCAL/2010/AD-03

2010-A01536-33 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of this study is to investigate the influence of seat type (straight chair versus "ergonomic" chair) on the sagittal alignment of the lumbo-pelvic complex in two different postures compared to standing for each individual in both a chronic-back-pain and a non-chronic-back-pain population.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

General Inclusion Criteria:

• The patient must have given his/her informed and signed consent
• The patient must be insured or beneficiary of a health insurance plan

Inclusion Criteria for the Chronic Back Pain Group

• Patient has chronic lombalgia (> 3 months)
• Patient has discopathy evidenced by standard imaging of the lumbar spine

Inclusion Criteria for the Non Chronic Back Pain Group

• Patient does not have chronic lombalgia or neurological symptoms
• Patients hospitalized for cardiovascular physical therapy which does not interfere with the sagital alignment of the lombo-pelivien complex (post-infarctus care, cardiac insufficiency)

Exclusion Criteria:

• The patient is participating in another study
• The patient is in an exclusion period determined by a previous study
• The patient is under judicial protection, under tutorship or curatorship
• The patient refuses to sign the consent
• It is impossible to correctly inform the patient
• The subject has had more than two x-rays, or similar ray exposure during the previous year
• The subject has a professional activity or hobby that exposes him/her to radiation
• The subject has a lombo-pelivien malformation

Trial design

20 participants in 2 patient groups

Chronic back pain

Description:

This group of patients has had chronic back pain for longer than 3 months.

Treatment:

Procedure: Sagital xrays

Non chronic back pain

Description:

This group of patients is hospitalized for cardio physical therapy, and has no lumbar-pelvic complications. Patients are selected from the hospitalized population according to age, sex, and BMI in order to match chronic back pain patients.

Treatment:

Procedure: Sagital xrays