Implementation of Physical Exercise at the Workplace (IRMA10) - Occupational Load

NCT02047682 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: IRMA10
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 36
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Static postures, repetitive work tasks, and work stress increase the risk for musculoskeletal disorders and sickness absence. Objective measurements of occupational loadings - EMG for muscular activity, EEG for cognitive activity, ECG for cardiovascular activity and heart rate variability, actigraphy for bodily movements - may provide useful early indicators of muscular, cognitive and cardiovascular overload. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of an individually tailored bio-psycho-social intervention strategy versus "usual care" ergonomics and standard physical exercises (reference group) on these risk factors in lab technicians with a history of work-related musculoskeletal pain.

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Disorders; Stress

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• EMG gaps

  Electromyography (EMG) is measured in the neck and shoulder muscles throughout a normal workday before and after the intervention. EMG gaps is defined as periods with muscular inactivity. Actigraphs are used to measure bodily movements, and only period with sitting or standing work are included in the analysis (i.e. walking activities are excluded from the analyses)

  change from baseline to week 10

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• EEG

  change from baseline to week 10

• HRV

  change from baseline til 10 week followup

Study Arms (2)

Biopsychosocial

EXPERIMENTAL

Biopsychosocial intervention with Individually tailored physical exercises and stress management

Behavioral: Biopsychosocial

Reference

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Reference group receiving "usual care" in terms of standard workplace ergonomics and physical exercises

Behavioral: Reference

Interventions

Biopsychosocial BEHAVIORAL

Biopsychosocial

Reference BEHAVIORAL

Reference

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 67 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Laboratory technician
• Pain intensity \>= 3 (scale of 0-10)
• Pain duration \>= 3 months
• Pain frequency \>= 3 days per week

You may not qualify if:

• life threatening disease
• pregnancy

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark: lead
• University of Southampton: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

National Research Centre for the Working Environment

Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases

Interventions

Models, Biopsychosocial

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Models, Theoretical; Investigative Techniques

Study Officials

• Lars L Andersen, PhD

  National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor, PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 26, 2014
• First Posted: January 28, 2014
• Study Start: February 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2014
• Study Completion: July 1, 2014
• Last Updated: September 30, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-09

Locations

DK (1)