Effectiveness of Physical Exercise on Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain

Qassim University60 enrolled

Overview

Neck pain is a common medical condition among office workers all over the world. The purpose of this study was to see if physical exercise, such as basic body awareness, neck-specific training exercises, and ergonomic modifications, could help reduce pain, disability, and job stress while also improving quality of life among office workers. Participants will be assigned at random to either an experimental (exercise therapy and ergonomic modification) or a control group (ergonomic modification).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Neck Pain

Interventions

Basic body awareness therapyOTHER

Participants were instructed to focus on maintaining good posture, balance, uninterrupted breathing, increased awareness, and decreasing unnecessary muscle tension.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 25 YearsMax age: 60 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age 25-60 years * Greater than 3 months of chronic NSNP. * Office workers and computer users * The ability to continue working Exclusion Criteria: * A history of severe injury * Previous physical therapy treatments * Joint instability * Frequent migraines * Spasmodic torticollis * Inflammatory rheumatic diseases * Peripheral nerve entrapment * Severe psychiatric illness * Pregnancy * Other conditions that prevent physical loading.

Locations (1)

King Fahad Specialist Hospital

Buraidah, Saudi Arabia

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Numerical Pain Rating Scale

Used to assess pain intensity. It uses the numbers from 0 to 10 and 0 indicates (no pain) through 1-3 (mild pain, slight impairment in daily life activities), 4-6 (moderate pain, substantial impairment in daily life activities), and 7-10 (severe pain, severe impairment in daily life activities).

Time frame: Change from baseline pain at 8 weeks

Neck Disability Index

Patient's self-reported impairment due to neck pain. It is a self-reported tool comprising 10 items. Each item is graded on a 6-point scale ranging from 0 (no disability) to 5 (severe disability).

Time frame: Change from baseline pain at 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Health and Safety Executive Management Standards Indicator Tool

Assessing psychosocial stress in the work area. Thirty-five HSE-MS questions measure seven dimensions, including demands, control, supervisory support , peer support , relationships, role (including a clear understanding of the employee's role in the organization), and changes. A higher score on each dimension (5 points) indicated lower stress.

Time frame: Change from baseline pain at 8 weeks

The Short Form Health Survey

Used to measure the quality of life.

Time frame: Change from baseline pain at 8 weeks

Central Contacts

Sattam M Almutairi

CONTACT

+966505102644 A.Sattam@qu.edu.sa

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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