Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation for Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Cardiac Sonographers

NCT06842485 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: IRB-2025-03-0129
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 32
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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

Conditions

Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders

Keywords

work related musculoskeletal disorders; cardiac sonographers; tele rehabilitation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• 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)

  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.

  baseline and immediately after 6 weeks of the program

• Work satisfaction

  Work satisfaction measured by The job satisfaction scale

  baseline and immediately after 6 weeks of the program

Study Arms (2)

Tele rehabilitation

EXPERIMENTAL

Patient education

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Interventions

Telerehabilitation OTHER

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 OTHER

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

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Cardiac sonographers with work-related musculoskeletal pain.
• Cardiac sonographers practicing adult echocardiography predominantly working in public hospitals, private hospitals or/and private outpatient clinics in Saudi Arabia.

You may not qualify if:

• Systematic diseases as reported by the participants such as Diabetes Miletus and Fibromyalgia.
• Using cardiac medications or the pain killer as reported by the participants.
• Any biomechanical abnormalities based on the evaluation of a qualified physical therapist.
• Any other musculoskeletal disorders or injuries which is not related to WRMDs.
• Any recent surgery which may affect the ability to participate in the exercise program.
• Any other contraindications to participate in the exercise program.
• Pregnancy in female participants.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Imamabdulrahman bin fasial univeristy

Dammam, Eastern Province, 34521, Saudi Arabia

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Telerehabilitation; Patient Education as Topic

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Rehabilitation; Aftercare; Continuity of Patient Care; Patient Care; Therapeutics; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services; Telemedicine; Delivery of Health Care; Patient Care Management; Health Services Administration; Health Education; Preventive Health Services

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 18, 2025
• First Posted: February 24, 2025
• Study Start: March 1, 2025
• Primary Completion: May 20, 2025
• Study Completion: June 10, 2025
• Last Updated: September 11, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share

Locations

SA (1)