Connection of Body Posture From the Level and Form of Physical Activity in a Group of Young People

Assessment of Body Posture Connection From the Level and Form of Physical Activity in a Group of Young People

The assumption of the research is to assess the change in body posture depending on the given level of physical activity in young people. The aim of the study is to assess body posture in young healthy people depending on their level of physical activity. The research will allow the analysis of the correlation between the level of energy expenditure and the occurrence of changes in body posture. The obtained results will allow the development of diagnostic and therapeutic programs for the prevention of overload changes in the spine in young people.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Body Posture
• Intervention / Treatment: Diagnostic test: examining group

Detailed Description

The study will be conducted in a group of 200 people aged 19-25. Posture assessment will concern the measurement of curvatures in the sagittal plane of the spine using a gravitational Rippstein plurimeter and performing a three-dimensional analysis of the spine using the DIERS 3D device. In addition, a modified Matthias test will be performed using the DIERS 3D device, where kyphosis and lordosis parameters in the sagittal plane of the spine at isometric tension of the spinal muscles will be assessed. The spinal motion in the sagittal and frontal planes will also be measured using a digital inclinometer. In the second stage of the study, the participants will participate in the activity in the form of endurance training "Nordic Walking" (NW) for a period of 8 weeks 3 times a week. The recording of energy expenditure during a normal day of activity will be done using an Actigraph GT3X accelerometer. After a period of 8 weeks, all measurements will be repeated.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 200

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Jacek Durmała, PhD MD; Phone Number: +48 32 252 43 70; Email: jdurmala@sum.edu.pl
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Bartosz Wnuk, PhD PT; Phone Number: +48 32 252 43 70; Email: bwnuk@sum.edu.pl

Study Locations

• Poland
  • Katowice Ochojec
    • Katowice,, Katowice Ochojec, Poland, 40-635
      • Recruiting
      • The Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice,
      • Contact: Jacek Durmała, M.D.; Email: jdurmala@sum.edu.pl
      • Sub-Investigator: Bartosz Wnuk, Ph.D.

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 19 years to 25 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Students of Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• age from 19 to 25 years old
• good health enabling the exercise of various forms of physical effort -cardiologically stable persons, without significant respiratory, nervous and musculoskeletal disorders / no other diseases
• written consent of the examined person

Exclusion Criteria:

• age below 19 and above 25,
• health condition preventing the exercise of various forms of physical effort (cardiologically unstable persons with significant respiratory, nervous and musculoskeletal disorders / other diseases that prevent physical activity,
• lack of written consent of the examined person,
• lack of cooperation of the examined person during the test

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

Number of groups / cohorts

6

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Group A1 male; back shape neutral - a vertical line applied to the back of the body meets at the level of the thoracic segment and buttocks	Diagnostic test: examining group; Posture assessment in young healthy people depending on their level of physical activity
Group A2 female; back shape neutral - a vertical line applied to the back of the body meets at the level of the thoracic segment and buttocks	Diagnostic test: examining group; Posture assessment in young healthy people depending on their level of physical activity
Group B1 male; round back shape - a vertical line applied to the back of the body contacts only at the level of the thoracic segment	Diagnostic test: examining group; Posture assessment in young healthy people depending on their level of physical activity
Group B2 female; round back shape - a vertical line applied to the back of the body contacts only at the level of the thoracic segment	Diagnostic test: examining group; Posture assessment in young healthy people depending on their level of physical activity
Group C1 male; round back shape - a vertical line applied to the back of the body only touches the level of the buttock section	Diagnostic test: examining group; Posture assessment in young healthy people depending on their level of physical activity
Group C2 female; round back shape - a vertical line applied to the back of the body only touches the level of the buttock section	Diagnostic test: examining group; Posture assessment in young healthy people depending on their level of physical activity

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Body posture parameters assessed:	Rippstein plurimeter - measurement of curvature of the spine - kyphosis, lordosis and measurement of the range of spinal mobility in the frontal and transverse planes (ROM); formetric measurement using the DIERS 3D three-dimensional analysis system-tilt of the torso, pelvic lift, pelvic rotation ,pelvic tilt, kyphosis angle, lordosis angle, spine rotation ,side deviation; assessment of spinal flexibility (measuring device - digital inclinometer) - range of spinal mobility in the frontal and sagittal plane (ROM)	9 weeks
Physical activity parameters assessed:	accelerometer ActiGraph GT3X - assessment of MET energy expenditure and the number of steps performed during one day	9 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Medical University of Silesia

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 16, 2022
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): January 27, 2023
• Study Completion (Anticipated): February 24, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 1, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 10, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): July 13, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): December 6, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 5, 2022
• Last Verified: May 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: body posture, physical activity , young people
• Other Study ID Numbers: BW- 2020- SUM

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Undecided

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No