AI Mobile App vs Self Exercises in Workers With Neck Pain

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Neck Pain; Work-Related Condition
• Interventions: Other: Smartphone application guided exercises

• Registration Number: NCT06485804
• Lead Sponsor: University of Monastir

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-06-19
• Status Verified: 2024-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-07-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-07-01
• Study First Posted: 2024-07-03
• Last Update Posted: 2024-07-03
• Study Start: 2024-07-15
• Primary Completion: 2024-08-31
• Study Completion: 2024-10-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 34

Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

• 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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	Smartphone application guided exercises	Participants in the intervention group will use a smartphone application which will provide an individualized exercises program.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain intensity	Pain intensity will be assessed at baseline, and at 4, and 8 weeks of follow-up.	Pain intensity assessed using a Visual Analog Scale on a scale from 0 to 100.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Function	Function will be assessed at baseline, and at 4, and 8 weeks of follow-up.	Patient function will be assessed using the neck disability index (NDI). The scale consists of a set of questions addressing various aspects of neck pain and its influence on activities such as personal care, lifting, reading, working, and recreation
Patient adherence	Patient adherence will be assessed at 4, and 8 weeks of follow-up.	Adherence will be measured using a frequency-based response scale (ie; never, seldom, often, almost always, and always) adapted from the adherence scale of Sluijs et al. (Phys Ther 1993)
Quality of life measure	Quality of life will be assessed at baseline, and at 4, and 8 weeks of follow-up.	The short form 12 (SF-12) will be used to measure health-related Quality of life. The SF-12 is a shorter version of the short form 36 (SF-36) and is used to assess individual's physical and mental well-being.