Employees working in IT industry are prone to develop musculoskeletal pain,specifically back, neck and shoulder pain. This study evaluates the effectiveness of work-site yoga intervention, Yoga@work on neck and shoulder pain in IT employees.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
132
Each session included warm-up practices(for the large joints, spine, and extremities), Physical postures (Asana), breathing exercises (pranayama) and supine meditation/relaxation (savasana).
NMP Medical Reserach Institute
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Visual analogue scale for pain
100-mm visual analog scale (VAS), horizontal line ranging from 0mm (no pain) to 100mm (worst imaginable pain).
Time frame: change from baseline to 8 weeks
Neck disability index (NDI)
The NDI is a standard instrument for measuring self-rated disability due to neck pain.10-item, 50-point index; each of the 10 items is scored from 0 - 5. Higher points represent worse pain
Time frame: Change from baseline to 8-weeks
Shoulder pain disability index
The SPADI is a 13-item patient completed instrument. Its categories include pain (5 items) and disability (8 items), overall total scores range from 0 to 130. Higher score represent worse disability
Time frame: Change from baseline to 8-weeks
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