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NCT Number: NCT06346249

Workplace Based Physiotherapy of Elderly-care Workers With Non-specific Neck Pain.

The overall objective of this study is to determine the efficacy of a physical therapy intervention based on manual therapy, therapeutic exercise and application of electrotherapy in healthcare workers with non-specific neck pain.

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Key information

Conditions

Neck Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

María de los Ángeles Cardero Durán

Badajoz, 06006, Spain

About this study

The subjects included in the sample will be evaluated according to the aforementioned parameters by researchers trained and assigned for this purpose.

The data collection of the different variables will be performed before and after the completion of the program designed for the study. The physiotherapy intervention for the experimental group will have a duration of 10 sessions, twice a week.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

IInclusion Criteria:

  • Age range between 18-60 years.
  • Cervical pain of non-specific origin or Cervicalgia type I and II according to the Quebec - Task Force on Spinal Disorders.
  • Be willing to participate in the study and sign the informed consent form.
  • Have at least one year of seniority in the company exercising the current professional activity within the team of socio-health personnel.

Exclusion criteria

  • Cervicalgia with neurological involvement or caused by pathologies such as: inflammatory disease, neurological disease, rheumatic disease, severe osteoporosis, fracture, dislocation, vertebro-basilar insufficiency, neoplasia or infection.
  • Spine surgery.
  • Present metallic implants at the spinal column level.
  • Have received physiotherapy or alternative treatment in the last 6 months before starting the study.
  • To present any type of inconvenience to the application of electrotherapy (score ≥45 points in EAPP).

Treatment and study plan

Electrical Stimulation Therapy

Other

Ten Electrical Stimulation Therapy sessions lasting 30 minutes were carried out. Analgesic currents of the TENS type, placed in the cervical region.

Manual therapy

Other

Manual Therapy consistin of soft tissue mobilization and release techniques over the neck and craniocervical regions. Ten sessions.

Exercise Therapeutic

Other

The exercise therapeutic program consisting of neck movement control and stretching exercise. Ten sessions.

Primary outcomes

  1. Changes in Pain

    Time frame: 5 weeks

    A visual analog scale (VAS). The scale is represented by a 10-centimeter line at the ends of which there are two adjectives whose ends there are two adjectives, absence of pain (0) and unbearable pain (10). The higher the score, the greater the pain.

  2. Changes Pressure Pain

    Time frame: 5 weeks

    Pressure Pain with Algometry. To assess the mechanosensitivity of the trigger points , the pain threshold was measured at the pressure.

    Unit of measure Kg/cm2.

  3. Changes in Disability

    Time frame: 5 weeks

    Neck Disability Index ( NDI) through which will give us the degree of disability neck pain.The NDI consists of 10 sections, 4 of them are related to subjective symptoms (pain intensity, headache, head, ability to concentrate and quality of sleep) and the other 6 are related to basic activities of daily living (ABVD) (personal care, ability to lift weights, reading, work, driving, leisure activities and free time). Each of the sections presents 6 possible answers, scoring these from 0 to 5 according to the progression of functional disability.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Changes in Range of Motion

    Time frame: 5 weeks

    Measurement of joint amplitude with goniometry. The Range of Motion (ROM) exploration was performed with the subjects in sitting in order to stabilize the pelvis and the thoracic-lumbar spine. From this position, the degrees of maximum position reached by the subjects in each of the 6 movements of space.

    Unit of measurement in degrees of articulation.

  2. General Health.

    Time frame: 5 weeks

    The Physical and Mental Health summary scales-12 (SF-12) contains 12 questions distributed in each of the 8 dimensions. The higher the score, the better the state of health.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidad de Extremadura

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Workplace Based Physiotherapy of Elderly-care Workers With Non-specific Neck Pain: a Five Week Intervention With a One Month Follow-up Study.

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Apr 4, 2024
Registry last updated
May 1, 2025

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