Effectiveness of Physical Exercise on Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Neck Pain
• Interventions: Other: Basic body awareness therapy

• Registration Number: NCT05725356
• Lead Sponsor: Qassim University

Brief Summary

Neck pain is a common medical condition among office workers all over the world. The purpose of this study was to see if physical exercise, such as basic body awareness, neck-specific training exercises, and ergonomic modifications, could help reduce pain, disability, and job stress while also improving quality of life among office workers. Participants will be assigned at random to either an experimental (exercise therapy and ergonomic modification) or a control group (ergonomic modification).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-06-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-01-31
• Status Verified: 2023-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-02-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-02-09
• Study First Posted: 2023-02-13
• Last Update Posted: 2023-02-13
• Primary Completion: 2023-06-01
• Study Completion: 2023-06-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 25-60 years
• Greater than 3 months of chronic NSNP.
• Office workers and computer users
• The ability to continue working

Exclusion Criteria

• A history of severe injury
• Previous physical therapy treatments
• Joint instability
• Frequent migraines
• Spasmodic torticollis
• Inflammatory rheumatic diseases
• Peripheral nerve entrapment
• Severe psychiatric illness
• Pregnancy
• Other conditions that prevent physical loading.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental	Basic body awareness therapy	Receiving physical exercise treatment (basic body awareness therapy and neck-specific training exercises) and ergonomic modification
Control	Basic body awareness therapy	Receiving ergonomic modification only

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Neck Disability Index	Change from baseline pain at 8 weeks	Patient's self-reported impairment due to neck pain. It is a self-reported tool comprising 10 items. Each item is graded on a 6-point scale ranging from 0 (no disability) to 5 (severe disability).
Numerical Pain Rating Scale	Change from baseline pain at 8 weeks	Used to assess pain intensity. It uses the numbers from 0 to 10 and 0 indicates (no pain) through 1-3 (mild pain, slight impairment in daily life activities), 4-6 (moderate pain, substantial impairment in daily life activities), and 7-10 (severe pain, severe impairment in daily life activities).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health and Safety Executive Management Standards Indicator Tool	Change from baseline pain at 8 weeks	Assessing psychosocial stress in the work area. Thirty-five HSE-MS questions measure seven dimensions, including demands, control, supervisory support , peer support , relationships, role (including a clear understanding of the employee's role in the organization), and changes. A higher score on each dimension (5 points) indicated lower stress.
The Short Form Health Survey	Change from baseline pain at 8 weeks	Used to measure the quality of life.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

King Fahad Specialist Hospital; 🇸🇦 Buraidah, Saudi Arabia