Reliability of the Smartphone Inclinometer App and Flexicurve (Sİ-FC)

August 29, 2025 updated by: Gönül Elpeze, Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University

Reliability of the Smartphone Inclinometer Application and Flexicurve on Thoracic Kyphosis

The presedent study evaluates intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of the Smartphone inclinometer app and the flexicurve, on the thoracic kyphosis

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Sixty subjects ranging from 17to 24 years of age were evaluated by two independent evaluators using the Flexicurve and the Smartphone inclinometer app to measure thoracic kyphosis

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

60

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey (Türkiye)
    • Gazi̇antep
      • Şehitkamil, Gazi̇antep, Turkey (Türkiye)
        • Hasan Kalyoncu Üniversitesi

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 30 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • over 30 degree toracic kyphosis,
  • 18-30 age year old,
  • individuals to willing participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Skolyoz (Cobb angle 10< ),
  • rigid thoracic kyphosis,
  • congenital spine disease,
  • training with professional sports

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Flexicurve-Smartphone İnclinometer Application
Measurement of thoracic kyphosis
Other: Realibility
measurement of the thoracic kyphosis with flexicurve and Smartphone inclinometer app
Other Names:
  • İntra rater and inter rater

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
İntra-İnterrater reliability fleksicurve and smartphone inclinometer app on thoracic kyphosis
Time Frame: 1 Year
60 participant (35 male, 25 female) who have over 30 degree thoracic kyphosis were evaluated by two raters for finding correlation between flexicurve and smartphone inclinometer app.
1 Year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: GÖNÜL ELPEZE, HKU

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 1, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 3, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 16, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

September 2, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 29, 2025

Last Verified

August 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • HKU-GE-SPFC-Realiability

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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