Reliability and Validity of a New Device Measuring Spinal Rotation on the Transverse Plane

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Scoliosis

Treatments: Device: Scoliometer (scolioscope)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04764136

18221

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research is to investigate the reliability and validity of a new device similar to a scoliometer. The intended name of the device will be Scolioscope

Full description

Οne cohort of participants will be used and the reliability of the equipment will be used to test/retest the repeatability of the measurements

The validity will be measured against a gold standard for measuring angles

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: lumbar and thoracic scoliosis -

Exclusion Criteria: recent spinal surgery, cancer, spinal fixation