Individual Exercise Program for Industrial Workers With Complaints of the Arm, Neck, or Shoulder (CANS): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 100
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in pain intensity during and after treatment
研究概览
简要总结
This study is double-blinded RCT, whose aim is to assess if an individual exercise program is more effective to reduce complaints in neck, shoulders and arms that an group exercise program, in industrial workers.
The participants will be randomly allocated to receive 12 treatment sessions of individual exercise training (IET) or in group exercise training (GET). Sessions will last 30 minutes and will be held twice a week for 12 weeks. Participants will also be encouraged to continue the use of medicines and other health care.
详细描述
This study is double-blinded RCT. Participants will be recruited from employees of the companies and industries located in the South of Bahia, Brazil or by referral from general practitioners, orthopedists, This study is single-blinded RCT, whose aim is to assess the efficacy of an individual exercise program for employees with complaints in neck, shoulders and arms. Participants will be recruited from employees of the companies and industries located in Brazil or by referral from general practitioners, orthopedists, neurologists or physiatrists.
The sample of 100 participants was determined by a sample size calculation designed to detect a clinically important difference of 10 points in the DASH Questionnaire (estimated standard deviation = 16,65 points). The following specifications will be considered: α=0.05, statistical power of 80% and follow-up loss of up to 15%.
The participants will be randomly allocated to receive 12 treatment sessions of individual exercise training (IET) or in group exercise training (GET). Sessions will last 30 minutes and will be held twice a week for 12 weeks. Participants will also be encouraged to continue the use of medicines and other health care.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 45 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Clinical Diagnose of nontraumatic complaints of the arm, neck or shoulder with minimum intensity of 4 points on the visual analogue pain scale1, for at least 6 weeks2.
排除标准
- •Participants with contraindication to physical exercise
- •Participants who had been diagnosed with cervical disc hernia; shoulder instability; fractures; frozen shoulder; systemic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or diabetes; neurological diseases or other severe medical or psychiatric disorders
结局指标
主要结局
Change in pain intensity during and after treatment
时间窗: 6th and 12th week after the start of treatment
Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) assesses the pain intensity levels perceived by the patient using likert 11-point scale (ranging from 0 to 10), with 0 representing "no pain" and 10 representing "the worst possible pain". The participants will be instructed to report the level of pain intensity in the last seven days.
次要结局
- Global Impression of Recovery(6th and 12th week after treatment)
- Disability(Baseline, 6th and 12th week after treatment)
研究者
Rosimeire Simprini Padula
PhD
Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo