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NCT Number: NCT01323127

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

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.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes

Nîmes, Gard, 30029, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Sagital xrays

Procedure

5 xrays will be taken: (1) Upright standing position; (2) Upright, straight chair position; (3) Slouching, straight chair position; (4) Upright, ergonomic chair position; (5) Slouching, ergonomic chair position.

Primary outcomes

  1. % variation in the pelvic incidence angle in sitting compared to standing

    Time frame: Upon xray; day 1

Secondary outcomes

  1. % variation in the sacral slope angle in sitting compared to standing

    Time frame: upon xray; Day 1

  2. % variation in the pelvic tilt angle in sitting compared to standing

    Time frame: upon xray; Day 1

  3. % variation in the lumbar lardosis angle in sitting compared to standing

    Time frame: upon xray; Day 1

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Mar 25, 2011
Registry last updated
Nov 17, 2025

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