How Much Can the Thoracic and Lumbar Skin Slide?

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Movement of Thoracic and Lumbar Skin

In brief

The investigators want to determine how much the skin on the back can move left to right of the midline and also up and down, in subjects presenting for procedure or in healthy volunteers. The investigators will do measurements on the back using samples of individuals in all age groups. It is hypothesized that an explanation to late epidural failure could be related to excess back motion in individual subjects.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02105363

Run by

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

People needed

400

Starts

2014-04-01

Expected to finish

2017-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-30

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Children age 0-17 and Adults 18 and older may participate
• You agree to participate and sign the informed consent document

You may not qualify if…

• Any type of back deformity
• Tumor on back
• Skin Disease on the back
• Any condition that prevents skin measurements such as scleroderma

Where it is running

• Robert Wood Johnson Universtiy Hospital — New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

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