Effects of Weight of Dress Shirt on Arthrokinematics of Cervical Spine in Healthy Females

NCT06669871 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 06/ERC/CMH/LMC
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 16
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Clothing is important to cover the human body, The quality of fabric is variable and a variety of designs of the dress shirts is available. Many females use biomechanically improper dress designs particularly of the shirts. This study will help us to find the effect of dress shirt design on cervical spine and shoulder joints arthrokinematics. This non randomized pilot clinical trial with cross over assignment will be conducted on healthy female volunteers of 18-45 years of age with a BMI 18-40. Two interventions shirt with customized design will be provided to the participants. The motion will be captured by hi speed cameras by trained engineers. After one week of initial recording, participants will be invited for second recording with the other design of the shirt.

Conditions

Body Mass Index, Normal; Body Mass Index 18.5 or Greater

Keywords

Neck arthrokinematics;; Dress Shirt; Health females; Motion Capture Analysis

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• arthrokinematics of cervicle spine

  craniovertebral angle will be measured.

  With the application of intervention Shirt-A, and at 1 week with the application of intervention Shirt-B

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• recruitment of muscles on EMG

  With the application of intervention Shirt-A; adopting specific static and dynamic positions , and at 1 week with the application of intervention Shirt-B, adopting specific static and dynamic positions

Study Arms (2)

BMI-Normal

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants with BMI 18.50-24.50 will be included

Other: Shirt-A; Other: Shirt-B

BMI greater than 25

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants with BMI 25 and above will be included

Other: Shirt-A; Other: Shirt-B

Interventions

Shirt-A OTHER

A dress shirt of a specific design will be provided to the participants, in which weight of the front side will be double than the back side.

BMI greater than 25; BMI-Normal

Shirt-B OTHER

A dress shirt of a simple design will be provided to the participants, in which weight of the front side will be equal to the back side.

BMI greater than 25; BMI-Normal

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 45 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Female Health volunteers
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Age between 18-45 years.
• BMI 18-40

You may not qualify if:

• Females with history of cervical spine injuries. Females with history of cervical spine surgeries. Females with Congenital untreated torticollis. Females with history of shoulder complex injuries Females with recent history of tumor (spine, thorax, CA Breast, upper extremity).
• Females diagnosed with osteoporosis Infection (Pulmonary and or spinal Tuberculosis). Females with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Females with Joint hyper mobility. Females unable to comply with the study protocol due to cognitive impairment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry: lead
• Lahore University of Management Sciences: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

School of Allied Health Sciences, CMH Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry

Lahore, Punjab Province, 54810, Pakistan

Location

Study Officials

• Wajida Perveen, PhD* (PT)

  CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry, Lahore Pakistan

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Mian M Awais, PhD

  Lahore University of Management Sciences

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor & Head of Physical Therapy Department

Model Details: Two interventions; shirt A with customized design and another shirt B with simple design will be provided to the participants. Half of the participants will use shirt A, while remaining half will use Shirt B and their motion will be captured by hi speed cameras by trained engineers under the supervision of Co-PI. After one week of initial recording, they will be invited for second recording with the other design of the shirt.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 31, 2024
• First Posted: November 1, 2024
• Study Start: December 25, 2024
• Primary Completion: April 28, 2025
• Study Completion: May 30, 2025
• Last Updated: June 4, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, ICF
• Time Frame: after completion of project and dissemination of the findings as research articles or conference papers.
• Access Criteria: specific data may be shared on reasonable request to Principal Investigator.

Locations

PA (1)