The Association of Telephone Head Tilt With Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine Mobility and Disorders in Young Adults

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

• Ages 18 to 30 years
• All sexes
• Healthy volunteers accepted
• Adult

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

About this study

Conditions

Forward Head Posture

Being tested

To assess telephone head tilt and cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine mobility and disturbances.

Keywords

Head tilt, Lumbar spine, Spine, Cervical spine, Thoracic spine

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

• To assess telephone head tilt and cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine mobility and disturbances.Other

  To assess telephone head tilt and cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine mobility and disturbances.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

1. Telephone head tilt

   Telephone head tilts of individuals will be measured with a goniometer. Individuals will be asked to sit in the position where they use the phone in daily life. The cervical 7th Vertebra (C7) and tragus will be determined and the angle between them and the vertical line will be recorded in degrees. In order to reduce the error rate of the measurement, three evaluations will be made and averaged.

   Measured: 1 day

2. Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine Mobility

   Active range of motion for cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine mobility will be measured with two bubble inclinometers (Baseline Bubble Inclinometer, White Plains, NY).

   Measured: 1 day

3. Core Outcome Measurement Index

   The Core Outcome Measurement Index consists of seven items that assess pain, neck-related function, symptom-specific well-being, general quality of life, and disability. Except for the questions about the patient's disability in the previous 4 weeks, all questions are about how the patient felt in the previous week. Increasing score indicates worse condition.

   Measured: 1 day

4. General quality of life assessed by Nottingham Health Profile

   The Nottingham Health Profile is a general quality of life questionnaire that measures a person's perceived health problems and the extent to which these problems affect normal daily activities. The questionnaire consists of 38 items. Questions are answered as 'yes' or 'no'. The questionnaire assesses six parameters related to health status. These parameters are; pain (8 items), physical activity (8 items), energy (3 items), sleep (5 items), social isolation (5 items), and emotional reactions (9 items). Each subparameter is scored between 0-100. 0 indicates best health, and 100 indicates worst health. The total NHP score is derived from the sum of the subscores.

   Measured: 1 day

5. Japanese Orthopedic Association Back Pain Evaluation Questionnaire

   The Japanese Orthopedic Association Back Pain Evaluation Questionnaire is a disease-specific self-assessment questionnaire for back pain. It consists of five subscales (social function, mental health, low back function, walking ability and low back pain) and 25 items. Each subscale score ranges from 0 to 100. Higher scores indicate better conditions.

   Measured: 1 day

6. The Bournemouth Questionnaire

   The Bournemouth Questionnaire is a multidimensional scale that evaluates pain, daily-social life, depression-anxiety, pain control and fear avoidance behaviors with seven questions. Increasing score indicates worse condition.

   Measured: 1 day

7. The Spine Functional Index

   The Spine Functional Index is a 25-item questionnaire completed according to the patient's functional status in the "last few days". Scores from 25 items are added together, then this score is multiplied by four and subtracted from 100 to obtain a percentage score. Increasing score indicates worse condition.

   Measured: 1 day

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

1. First posted14 Apr 2023
2. Study start1 Apr 2023
3. Primary completion1 Jul 2024
4. Study completion1 Jul 2024

Resources

• Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
• Other trials for Forward Head PostureStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
• What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.