How Much Can the Thoracic and Lumbar Skin Slide?

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey400 enrolled

Overview

The investigators want to determine how much the skin on the back can move left to right of the midline and also up and down, in subjects presenting for procedure or in healthy volunteers. The investigators will do measurements on the back using samples of individuals in all age groups. It is hypothesized that an explanation to late epidural failure could be related to excess back motion in individual subjects.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

400

Conditions

Movement of Thoracic and Lumbar Skin

Interventions

measure of skin movement on surface of the backOTHER

Measurement of skin movement on surface of backOTHER

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Children age 0-17 and Adults 18 and older may participate 2. You agree to participate and sign the informed consent document Exclusion Criteria: 1. Any type of back deformity 2. Tumor on back 3. Skin Disease on the back 4. Any condition that prevents skin measurements such as scleroderma

Locations (1)

Robert Wood Johnson Universtiy Hospital

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Lumbar skin move greater than 4 cm laterally or cephala-caudal

Time frame: Data entered day subject participates

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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