AI Mobile App vs Self Exercises in Workers With Neck Pain

NCT06485804 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: AIMobApp-Neck-Pain
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 34
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This study aims to compare the impact of two different methods to administer self-exercises in administrative workers with neck pain: an Artificial Intelligence embedded mobile application and written sheet.

Conditions

Neck Pain; Work-Related Condition

Keywords

Office Workers; Clinical trial Protocol; Exercise Therapy; Mobile Application; Neck Pain; Patient compliance; Self-management; Workplace

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Pain intensity

  Pain intensity assessed using a Visual Analog Scale on a scale from 0 to 100.

  Pain intensity will be assessed at baseline, and at 4, and 8 weeks of follow-up.

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Function

  Function will be assessed at baseline, and at 4, and 8 weeks of follow-up.

• Quality of life measure

  Quality of life will be assessed at baseline, and at 4, and 8 weeks of follow-up.

• Patient adherence

  Patient adherence will be assessed at 4, and 8 weeks of follow-up.

Other Outcomes (7)

• Gender

  Assessed at baseline

• Age

  Assessed at baseline

• Body mass index (BMI)

  Assessed at baseline

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the intervention group will use a smartphone application which will provide an individualized exercises program.

Other: Smartphone application guided exercises

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Participants in the control group will receive a rehabilitation program delivered on a paper sheet containing pictures of exercises with written explanations in French, including the number of sets and repetitions

Interventions

Smartphone application guided exercises OTHER

Participants in the intervention group will use a smartphone application to execute a self-rehabilitation program. The app will integrate: * Basic information about neck pain and ergonomic advice. * A series of evaluation questions on pain and function. * Appropriate sets of exercises with videos and instructions. * Daily reminders. * Evaluation reports providing feedback and adherence.

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 30 Years - 63 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• The presence of a chronic NP lasting for more than three months, and a pain level at baseline assessment ≥ 30 (VAS)

You may not qualify if:

• Acute neck pain, neck pain from specific causes (eg; Chronic inflammatory diseases), spine trauma or surgery, cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy, and physical therapy treatments in the last six months before baseline assessment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Monastir: lead
• Sana Salah: collaborator
• Amr Chaabeni: collaborator

Related Publications (1)

• Salah S, Jellad A, Mili M, Chaabeni A, Bedoui MH, Ben Saad H. Comparing efficacy and adherence of smartphone-guided exercises to conventional self-directed exercises for neck pain in office workers: A randomized controlled trial protocol. PLoS One. 2025 Sep 19;20(9):e0329863. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0329863. eCollection 2025.

  PMID: 40971708 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neck Pain; Patient Compliance

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Sana Salah, Professor

  University of Monastir

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Anis Jellad, Professor

CONTACT

98210626; anisjellad@gmail.com

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 19, 2024
• First Posted: July 3, 2024
• Study Start: July 15, 2024
• Primary Completion: August 31, 2024
• Study Completion: October 31, 2024
• Last Updated: July 3, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-07