Work-related musculoskeletal disorders(WRMDs) are common among cardiac sonographers due to their nature of work. This study aims to find out the effectiveness of the telerehabilitation method in the management of WRMDs among cardiac sonographers. 38 cardiac sonographers diagnosed with WRMDs will be randomly allocated into experimental and control groups with an allocation ratio1:1. The Experimental group will be receiving the telerehabilitation program along with an ergonomic awareness education program for 6 weeks, and the control group will receive an ergonomic awareness education alone. Pain, quality of life and work satisfaction are the outcome measures which will be measured at the baseline and after 6 weeks of the program
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
32
The experimental group will be given a tailored program of telerehabilitation consisting of stretching and strengthening exercises for six weeks (three times per week)
Patient education will be given to both the experimental and control groups. Patient education and telerehabilitation will be given to the experimental group. To the control group, patient education alone will be provided
Imamabdulrahman bin fasial univeristy
Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Pain measured by Numeric Pain Rating Scale
Numeric Pain Rating Scale is a 11-point scale where the minimum score is 0 (indicating no pain) and the maximum score is 10 (representing the worst possible pain)
Time frame: baseline and immediately after 6 weeks of the program
Quality of life measured by Short Form (36) Health Survey questionnaire
* The Short Form (36) Health Survey questionnaire contains 36 items that cover eight distinct health domains: * Physical Functioning * Role Limitations due to Physical Health * Role Limitations due to Emotional Problems * Energy/Fatigue (Vitality) * Emotional Wellbeing (Mental Health) * Social Functioning * Pain (Bodily Pain) * General Health Perceptions * Each domain is scored on a scale from 0 to 100. * Higher scores indicate better perceived health and quality of life.
Time frame: baseline and immediately after 6 weeks of the program
Work satisfaction
Work satisfaction measured by The job satisfaction scale
Time frame: baseline and immediately after 6 weeks of the program
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