The Effect of a Brief Daily Resistance Training Program in Healthcare Workers on Pain, Workability and Physical Function.
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- University of Valencia
- Enrollment
- 37
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Pain overall status: Standard 7-point patient global impression
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The prevalence and consequences of musculoskeletal pain is considerable among healthcare workers, allegedly due to high physical work demands of healthcare work.
Performing physical exercise at the workplace together with colleagues may be more motivating for some employees and thus increase adherence. On the other hand, physical exercise performed during working hours at the workplace may be costly for the employers in terms of time spend. Thus, it seems relevant to perform a brief intervention. This study is intended to investigate the difference between the effect of workplace-based physical exercise (using elastic bands and body weight exercises) and a group control on musculoskeletal pain, physical exertion during work, physical function, need for recovery, self-rated use of analgesics, and work ability among healthcare workers.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Healthcare Workers at the Hospital
- •Informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- •Unable to perform exercises
Arms & Interventions
Intervention
15 minutes of resistance training at the work place every day
Intervention: Resistance training (Other)
Control
Usual work
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Pain overall status: Standard 7-point patient global impression
Time Frame: 2 days after the end of intervention (POST)
Standard 7-point patient global impression of pain collected at the endpoint
Secondary Outcomes
- "Need for recovery scale" after work(2 days after the end of intervention (POST))
- Physical function(2 days after the end of intervention (POST))
- Perceived physical exertion(2 days after the end of intervention (POST))
- Workability Index(2 days after the end of intervention (POST))
- Self-rated use of analgesics(2 days after the end of intervention (POST))
- Pain: Average pain intensity (Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Scale 0-10)(2 days after the end of intervention (POST))
Investigators
José Casaña Granell
Doctor
University of Valencia