Effect of Personal Versus Video Instruction in Elastic Resistance Exercise on Technical Execution (IRMA05)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Interventions: Behavioral: Video instruction; Behavioral: Personal instruction

• Registration Number: NCT01543893
• Lead Sponsor: National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark

Brief Summary

Resistance training is widely used in training and rehabilitation. During recent years elastic resistance training has become increasingly popular for preventing or relieving neck/shoulder/arm pain among sedentary employees. While most research studies documenting positive effects of such interventions have used training instructors, most training in practice does not use an instructor but rather depends on information from other sources such as the internet. Here the investigators examine - in a outcome assessor blinded randomized controlled trial - the effect of 2 weeks elastic resistance training for the neck/shoulder/arm with personal versus video instruction on technical execution.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2012-02-28
• Study Start: 2012-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-03-02
• Study First Posted: 2012-03-05
• Primary Completion: 2012-04
• Study Completion: 2012-06
• Status Verified: 2013-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-06-27
• Last Update Posted: 2013-06-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 38

Inclusion Criteria

• neck or shoulder pain

Exclusion Criteria

• blood pressure above 160/100 mmHg
• pregnancy
• life-threatening disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Video instruction	Video instruction	Participants will receive an elastic resistance tubing, an internet link and a poster with instructions to perform four different elastic resistance exercises Participants are encouraged to perform the exercises daily on weekdays during the next two weeks Link to exercises: http://www.jobogkrop.dk/Ondt-i-muskler-og-led/Ondt-i-nakke-skulder-og-arm/Elastikoevelser-for-nakke-skulder-og-arm
Personal instruction	Personal instruction	Participants will receive an elastic resistance tubing, an internet link and a poster with instructions to perform four different elastic resistance exercises Participants are encouraged to perform the exercises daily on weekdays during the next two weeks In addition to the video group, this group will also receive personal instruction during the two weeks. Link to exercises: http://www.jobogkrop.dk/Ondt-i-muskler-og-led/Ondt-i-nakke-skulder-og-arm/Elastikoevelser-for-nakke-skulder-og-arm

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Technical execution	2 weeks after randomization	* joint positions will be scored for each individual joint and plane on a 5 point scale according to standard execution according to images; * a total score (primary outcome) will be calculated by summing scores from each individual joint position

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Research Centre for the Working Environment; 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Denmark