Effectiveness of Yoga@Work Program on Neck and Shoulder Pain in Information Technology (IT) Employees
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 132
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Visual analogue scale for pain
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Employees working in IT industry are prone to develop musculoskeletal pain,specifically back, neck and shoulder pain. This study evaluates the effectiveness of work-site yoga intervention, Yoga@work on neck and shoulder pain in IT employees.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •IT companies employee
- •Full time employment
- •Neck and Shoulder Pain
- •pain of at least 3 months duration
- •able to comply with intervention schedule
Exclusion Criteria
- •Pregnancy
- •Refuse to give informed consent
- •spinal fracture
- •recent cervical spine or shoulder surgery
- •recent (3 months) chemotherapy/radiotherapy/ intervention
Arms & Interventions
Yoga Group
Participants in the intervention group engaged in a 8-week yoga program delivered at their place of work (IT companies). Sessions were group-based, prescribed three sessions per week during break time (30-mins).
Intervention: Yoga@work (Other)
Wait-list Group
Participants in Wait-List control were not given any intervention. 8-weeks, group followed usual break time.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Visual analogue scale for pain
Time Frame: change from baseline to 8 weeks
100-mm visual analog scale (VAS), horizontal line ranging from 0mm (no pain) to 100mm (worst imaginable pain).
Secondary Outcomes
- Shoulder pain disability index(Change from baseline to 8-weeks)
- Neck disability index (NDI)(Change from baseline to 8-weeks)