Preventing Neck & Back Pain in Teleworking Office Workers: a Randomized Controlled Trial
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Exercise program.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Neck Pain, Low Back Pain, Back Pain. Basic parameters: 18 years — 69 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Belgium
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of a general training program and educational session to prevent neck and/or low back pain in desktop workers
Detailed description
After being informed about the study and potential risks, all subjects that met the preset inclusion criteria and gave written informed consent to participate will be randomized into an intervention or control group in a 1:1 ratio. Next, subjects of both groups will undergo baseline testing (online survey). The subjects of the intervention group receive a single educational video (online) and are motivated to follow 2 training sessions of 60 minutes each, during 12 consecutive weeks. Instructions for the specific exercises are provided via an online platform. The subjects of the control group are instructed to maintain their normal working activities and activities of daily life and receive no further intervention. Subjects of both groups are prompted to fill out a weekly online logbook to gather information on their physical activity and neck and/or back complaints. All subjects undergo post-intervention testing at 12 weeks (short term effects), 6 months, and 12 months (long term effects).
Interventions
- Other Exercise program
educational video on training program design and healthy lifestyle 24 training sessions (12 on cardiovascular endurance training, 12 on mobility and strength)
Primary outcome measures
- neck pain [Time frame: 1 year]
- low back pain [Time frame: 1 year]
Secondary outcome measures (8)
- behavioral change [Time frame: 1 year]
- physical activity (Baecke Questionnaire) [Time frame: 1year]
- time to exposure [Time frame: 1year]
- global perceived effect [Time frame: 1year]
- use of (pain) medication and/or (para)medical care [Time frame: 1year]
- Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21 questionnaire) [Time frame: 1year]
- 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36 questionnaire) [Time frame: 1year]
- Insomnia severity index (ISI questionnaire) [Time frame: 1year]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- age between 18-69 years
- perform regular desktop work (at least 20 hours/week)
- perform desktop work for at least 1 year (employee or student)
Exclusion criteria
- documented structural neck- and/or back pathology (confirmed by medical imaging)
- known shoulder or vestibular pathology
- whiplash-associated disorders
- history of surgery in the neck, shoulder, hip, and/or back area
- (history of) chronic pain condition
- serious headache
- serious cardiovascular/metabolic/systemic/neurological conditions
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- fibromyalgia
- psychiatric conditions or history of serious depression
- serious catastrophizing thoughts
- pregnancy or delivery in the past year
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
Belgium · 1 center
- Ghent University — Ghent
Identifiers
NCT: NCT04783454 · BC-08635