Assessing the Socio-Psychological Determinants of Sagittal Balance

Launched by UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BORDEAUX · Jun 8, 2025

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This study is looking at how social and psychological factors—like stress, mood, or lifestyle—might be related to the way people stand and hold their posture. Researchers will focus on adults who have healthy spines and are visiting the orthopaedic surgery department at Bordeaux University Hospital, especially those having a special type of X-ray called EOS® imaging, often done before hip surgery. The goal is to better understand if things like feelings and social situations affect spine alignment in people without spine problems.

If you’re 18 or older, have a healthy spine, and are scheduled for an EOS® X-ray at this hospital, you might be able to take part. Participants will be asked to fill out questionnaires about their social and psychological well-being, but there won’t be any treatment or changes to your care. This study is not yet recruiting, and certain conditions—like spine surgery, infections, serious spinal deformities, or cognitive difficulties—would exclude someone from joining. The information gathered will help doctors learn more about posture and overall spine health in everyday life.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patient aged ≥ 18 years
• • Patient consulting at the investigational center (orthopaedic surgery department of Bordeaux University Hospital) who has undergone or will undergo an EOS® radiography as part of their treatment pathway (particularly in the context of a preoperative assessment for hip arthroplasty).
• • Affiliation with a medical insurance scheme under the French National Health Insurance.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Spinal fusion at any operated level,
• • Active or non-active spinal infection at any level,
• • Spinal fracture at any level,
• * Spinal deformity:
• • Scheuermann's disease (at least 3 adjacent vertebrae with wedge deformity and kyphosis increased by 5 degrees),
• • Scoliosis (Cobb angle \> 10 degrees and vertebral rotation).
• • History of Parkinson's disease
• • Active cancer or hematologic disorder with bone involvement
• • Any condition preventing the ability to respond to questionnaires with discernment
• • Neurological deficit requiring urgent surgical intervention
• • Hyperalgesic condition requiring urgent surgical intervention
• • Polytrauma with organ failure
• • Patient unable to understand study-related information
• • Patient under guardianship or curatorship,
• • Persons deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision,
• • Persons receiving psychiatric care under constraint,
• • Persons under guardianship,
• • Patient not affiliated with a social protection scheme