Lumbar Intervertebral Motion in Asymptomatic Male Participants

Zuyderland Medisch Centrum11 enrolled

Overview

The investigators aim to analyze the physiological segmental motion of the lumbar spine during flexion and extension cinematographic recordings of asymptomatic individuals.

In this study the investigators aim to define the lumbar spines' physiological motion by analyzing sequence of initiation of motion and sequence of maximum contribution in segmental translation and rotation of each vertebra L1, L2, L3, L4, L5 and S1 by using flexion and extension cinematographic recordings in asymptomatic male participants. Participants will undergo two cinematographic recordings with an interval of two weeks. Segmental translation and rotation of each segment will be plotted against total range of motion of the lumbar spine for each individual participant. With these graphs the investigators can analyze if there are specific physiological motion patterns during flexion and extension of the lumbar spine. In the future, the investigators hope to compare these physiological motion patterns to potential abnormal motion patterns in patients suffering from lumbar spinal pathology or after lumbar spine surgery to gain knowledge about complaints and, for example, adjacent level disease.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Lumbar Intervertebral Motion

Interventions

Cinematographic recordingRADIATION

Cinematographic recording during flexion and extension of the lumbar spine.

Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 25 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Male * Age between 18 and 25 years old. * BMI under 25 * Participants have to be able to perform flexion and extension over a full range of motion without complaints of pain. * Participants have no medical history of spinal problems based on anamneses and zero ODI-, and VAS-score. * Kellgrens' classification on cinematographic recordings is zero or one. * Informed consent has been signed. * Ability to read and understand Dutch. Exclusion Criteria: * Medical history of visiting general practitioners, allied health professionals or specialists for spinal problems. * Former spine surgery. * Radiographs of abdomen, pelvis, hips, lumbar spine or sacral spine in last year. * Degenerative abnormalities of the lumbar spine. * Active spinal infection. * Immature bone. * Lumbar tumor processes. * Former lumbar radiotherapy. * Congenital lumbar spine abnormalities, for example spina bifida. * Planning pregnancy for the coming year.

Locations (1)

Zuyderland Medical Center

Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Lumbar segmental rotation

Analyzing sequence of initiation of motion and sequence of segmental contribution in rotation of each vertebra L1, L2, L3, L4, L5 and S1 by using flexion and extension cinematographic recordings in asymptomatic male participants.

Time frame: 30 minutes

Secondary Outcomes

Lumbar segmental translation

Analyzing intervertebral horizontal and vertical translation of each vertebra L1, L2, L3, L4, L5 and S1 by using flexion and extension cinematographic recordings in asymptomatic male participants. If mean intra-class correlation coefficient is higher than 0.60, sequence of initiation of motion and sequence of segmental contribution of intervertebral horizontal and vertical translation will be analyzed.

Time frame: 30 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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