Cost-effectiveness of multidisciplinary treatment in sick-listed patients with upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders: a randomized, controlled trial with one-year follow-up.
Completed
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON29420
- Brief Summary
1. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2006 Sep;79(8):654-64. Epub 2006 Feb 28.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 38
Inclusion Criteria
Bank employees in the Netherlands or workers at one of the two universities in Amsterdam, with non-specific upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders, employment on a contract of at least 50% of full-time working hours and sick-leave for over 50% of the contractual hours during a period between 4 and 20 weeks.
Participants ranged between 18 and 65 years and were required to comprehend and have communication skills in Dutch.
Exclusion Criteria
N/A
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Return to regular work and costs.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain, other complaints such as <br>paraesthesia, stiffness, coldness. <br /><br><br /><br /><br>Process evaluation: <br /><br>grip strength, disability, physical functioning and kinesiophobia.