A workplace-based exercise intervention to prevent and reduce the economic and personal burden of non-specific neck pain in office personnel

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: on-specific neck pain; Non-specific neck pain; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders; Public Health - Epidemiology; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12612001154897
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Queensland

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-10-31
• Last Update Posted: 5 July 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 640

Inclusion Criteria

Eligible employees will be any office worker, aged 18-65 years, who work more than 30 hours/week in predominantly sedentary office work.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria are pregnancy, health conditions such as previous trauma or injuries to the neck, specific pathologies (e.g., congenital cervical abnormalities, stenosis) or inflammatory condition (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis), any history of cervical spine surgery or if exercise is contraindicated. Employees who anticipate any prolonged absence from work during the study's follow-up period will also be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified