Spine study aims to uncover hidden walking clues in older adults
NCT ID NCT07309926
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study will observe how different spinal problems—like scoliosis, stenosis, or herniated discs—change the way people walk and use their back muscles. Researchers will compare 120 older adults (age 60+) with these conditions to healthy volunteers using motion cameras and muscle sensors. The goal is to find unique walking patterns for each condition, which could lead to better physical therapy and surgical planning.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
This study included patients who required surgical treatment at the Spine Research Center for the Elderly at Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University in Beijing, China, as well as healthy volunteers collected in the outpatient clinic.
- Ages
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60 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with the following single disease: degenerative scoliosis, coronal imbalance, lumbar spinal stenosis, lumbar disc herniation, spinal cord-type cervical spondylosis; 2. Age ≥ 60 years, regardless of gender; 3. Planned to undergo elective open spinal fusion surgery; 4. Voluntarily participate in the study, understand and agree to the study content, and sign the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: 1. History of previous spinal surgery; 2. Combined with other neuromuscular diseases (such as Parkinson's disease), inflammatory diseases (such as ankylosing spondylitis), infectious diseases (such as spinal tuberculosis), sepsis, tumors, or lower limb joint diseases that may cause low back and lower limb pain, affecting physical activity; 3. Suffering from severe cardiovascular, cerebral, liver, or kidney disease; 4. Suffering from mental illness, dementia, or unable to cooperate to complete clinical research. * Skin rupture in the waist;
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100053, China
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