Biomechanical Assessment of Spinal Posture in Girls With Primary Dysmenorrhea

NCT03802474 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: P.T.REC/012/002074
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 100
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Dysmenorrhea comes from the Greek word for difficult monthly flow and describes painful menstruation.Primary dysmenorrhea might be caused by spinal misalignment and incompatibility between muscles of the pelvic circumference and soft tissue.Leg Length Discrepancy affects spinal posture. Although, several studies evaluated the relation between spinal alignment, spinal configuration and primary dysmenorrhea, but, there is no previous study investigate the effect of leg length discrepancy on primary dysmenorrhea. So, this study will correlate leg length discrepancy with spinal configuration and primary dysmenorrhea. Statement of the problem: Is there an impact of spinal posture on primary dysmenorrhea in girls? Hypothesis: Null hypothesis: There is no impact of spinal mobility ,spinal configurations and leg length discrepancy on primary dysmenorrhea

Conditions

Primary Dysmenorrhea

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (7)

• Trunk inclination

  the trunk inclination refer to the difference in height between VP and DM based on a vertical plane (sagital section). an angle \>2.8 referred to as " Inclination" (I), an angle \<2.8 as "reclination" (R).

  1month

• Kyphotic angle

  this is the maximum kyphotic angle measured between the surface tangents of the upper inflection point ICT in the vicinity of the VP and the thoracic lumbar inflection point ITL.

  1 month

• lateral deviation

  the total deviation of the spinal midline from the VP-DM line in the frontal plane , i.e the maximum deflection on the right plus the maximum deflection on the left

  1 month

• lordotic angle

  this is the maximum lordotic angle measured between the surface tangents of the thoracic-lumbar inflection point ITL and the lower lumbar-sacral inflection point ILS

  1 month

• pelvic inclination

  this is calculated as the mean torsion of the DLand DR surface normals

  1 month

• pelvic tilt

  the difference in height of the lumbar dimples, based on a horizontal plane (transverse section ). DR is higher than DL if the angle is positive

  1 month

• pelvic torsion

  pelvic torsion is calculated from the reciprocal torsion of the surface normals on the two lumbar dimples (vertical components). If the difference angle is positive, then the normal on the right dimple (DR) is up more than on the left dimple.

  1 month

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• leg lenght discripancy

  1 months

Other Outcomes (3)

• Trunk flexion

  1 month

• Trunk extention

  1 month

• trunk lateral flexion

  1 month

Study Arms (2)

Group A

girls with primary dysmenorrhea subject to three-dimensional analysis of the back will conducted with the 4D formetric device and inclinometer to measure range of motion of spine

Group B

girls with normal painless menstruation without primary dysmenorrhea subject to three-dimensional analysis of the back will conducted with the 4D formetric device and inclinometer to measure range of motion of spine

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 17 Years - 24 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: healthy girls with regular menstrual cycle and are not have any pelvic or gynecological disorders will be participated in this study
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Healthy girls with regular menstrual cycle and are not have any pelvic or gynecological disorders will be participated in this study. All subjects will be recruited from student of faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University.

You may qualify if:

• Healthy girls with regular menstrual cycles with an average of 28:35 days.
• Their age will be ranged from 17to 24 years.
• Their body mass index will be ranged from 20 to 25kg/m2.

You may not qualify if:

• Girls who have musculoskeletal disorders as low back pain.
• Girls who have any pelvic or gynecological disorders.
• History of lower limb injury.
• Over-weight and obese girls.
• Thin and underweight girls.
• Girls with spinal deformities as kyphosis and scoliosis.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Target Duration: 1 Month
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: lecture of biomechanics

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 10, 2019
• First Posted: January 14, 2019
• Study Start: January 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2019
• Study Completion: December 1, 2019
• Last Updated: January 14, 2019

Record last verified: 2018-09