Yoga@Work for Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain in Neck and Shoulder

Aarogyam UK34 enrolled

Overview

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are disorders of muscles, tendons, joints and nerves which can affect all body parts, although the neck, upper limb and back are the most common areas. The peer-reviewed literature about workplace prevention describes a variety of interventions that have been implemented and evaluated.but only few studies show sustainable positive effects on symptom outcomes. Yoga@Work program was developed to self manage pain around neck and shoulder areas among office workers.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Neck Pain Shoulder Pain Musculoskeletal Pain

Interventions

YogaOTHER

Yoga sessions includes sukshma vyayama (strengthening yoga expertise), stretching and relaxing postures (asana) on chair or standing, breathing and meditation practices.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Office workers * Willing to participate and give consent * non specific neck and shoulder pain Exclusion Criteria: * neck injury * Trauma * Cancer related pain * psychiatric disorder/ medication * Pregnancy

Locations (1)

Yog Kulam

London, United Kingdom

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Neck and Shoulder pain

self reported neck and shoulder pain using visual analogue scale on 0 to 10 scale, where 0 is no pain and 10 is worst pain.

Time frame: From baseline to 4-week post intervention

Secondary Outcomes

Global Outcome

Patient Global Received Rating of Improvement or Satisfaction

Time frame: from baseline to 5 week post intervention

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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