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CompletedNCT05295550Sİ-FCUpdated Sep 2, 2025

Reliability of the Smartphone Inclinometer App and Flexicurve

An interventional study of Realibility in Disorder and Kyphosis Deformity of Thoracic Spine, sponsored by Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Open to participants aged 18 Years to 30 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-09-02.

Sponsored by Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 6 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Sep 2021, registered Mar 2022).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 30 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

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

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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

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Conditions studied

  • Disorder
  • Kyphosis Deformity of Thoracic Spine

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In context

Disease

1,327 studies on the registry are indexed under Disease; 596 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 60 is below the median of 80 across 732 interventional studies indexed under Disease.

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Lead sponsor

Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University is the lead sponsor of 39 studies on the registry; 10 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 30 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

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

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
60 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Flexicurve-Smartphone İnclinometer Application

    Measurement of thoracic kyphosis

    Other: Realibility

Interventions

  • OtherRealibility

    measurement of the thoracic kyphosis with flexicurve and Smartphone inclinometer app

    Also known as: İntra rater and inter rater

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. İntra-İnterrater reliability fleksicurve and smartphone inclinometer app on thoracic kyphosis

    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.

    Time frame: 1 Year

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Study locations

1 site
  • Hasan Kalyoncu Üniversitesi
    Şehitkamil, Gazi̇antep, Turkey (Türkiye)
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 2, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05295550
Lead sponsor
Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University
Responsible party
Gönül Elpeze (Master of Physiotherapy Physicaltherapist, Hasan Kalyoncu University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 25, 2022
Start date
Sep 1, 2021
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2021
Completion
Dec 31, 2021
Last update
Sep 2, 2025

Study contacts

GÖNÜL ELPEZE
principal investigator · HKU

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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