Effectiveness of Physical Exercise on Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain

NCT05725356 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: UT-153-31-2021
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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).

Conditions

Neck Pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• 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).

  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).

  Change from baseline pain at 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Health and Safety Executive Management Standards Indicator Tool

  Change from baseline pain at 8 weeks

• The Short Form Health Survey

  Change from baseline pain at 8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Experimental

EXPERIMENTAL

Receiving physical exercise treatment (basic body awareness therapy and neck-specific training exercises) and ergonomic modification

Other: Basic body awareness therapy

Control

OTHER

Receiving ergonomic modification only

Other: Basic body awareness therapy

Interventions

Basic body awareness therapy OTHER

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

Also known as: ergonomic modification

Control; Experimental

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 25 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Age 25-60 years
• Greater than 3 months of chronic NSNP.
• Office workers and computer users
• The ability to continue working

You may not qualify if:

• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Qassim University: lead
• University of Tabuk: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

King Fahad Specialist Hospital

Buraidah, Saudi Arabia

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neck Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Sattam M Almutairi

  Physical Therapy Department, College of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences, Qassim University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Sattam M Almutairi

CONTACT

+966505102644; A.Sattam@qu.edu.sa

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 31, 2023
• First Posted: February 13, 2023
• Study Start: June 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2023
• Study Completion: June 1, 2023
• Last Updated: February 13, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SA (1)