An interventional study of Exercise program in Neck Pain, Low Back Pain and Back Pain, sponsored by University Ghent. Recruiting at 1 site in Belgium. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 69 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-11-18.
Sponsored by University Ghent · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of a general training program and educational session to prevent neck and/or low back pain in desktop workers
After being informed about the study and potential risks, all subjects that met the preset inclusion criteria and gave written informed consent to participate will be randomized into an intervention or control group in a 1:1 ratio. Next, subjects of both groups will undergo baseline testing (online survey). The subjects of the intervention group receive a single educational video (online) and are motivated to follow 2 training sessions of 60 minutes each, during 12 consecutive weeks. Instructions for the specific exercises are provided via an online platform. The subjects of the control group are instructed to maintain their normal working activities and activities of daily life and receive no further intervention. Subjects of both groups are prompted to fill out a weekly online logbook to gather information on their physical activity and neck and/or back complaints. All subjects undergo post-intervention testing at 12 weeks (short term effects), 6 months, and 12 months (long term effects).
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Exclusion Criteria:
* single (online) educational video on how the prevention program is designed and general advice on (how to adopt) a healthy lifestyle * 12-week training program: 2 sessions of 60 minutes per week, with the focus of the first session on cardiovascular exercises, and the focus of the second session on mobility and strengthening exercises
Other: Exercise program
no intervention (wait and see approach)
educational video on training program design and healthy lifestyle 24 training sessions (12 on cardiovascular endurance training, 12 on mobility and strength)
neck pain
Did you develop neck pain (YES or NO)
Time frame: 1 year
low back pain
Did you develop low back pain (YES or NO)
Time frame: 1 year
behavioral change
Tendency to remain physically active (PA) during working hours as compared to before your participation in this study (Likert-type scale: not at all PA - slightly less PA - equally PA - slightly more PA - clearly more PA)
Time frame: 1 year
physical activity (Baecke Questionnaire)
physical activity measurement (activities are scored on a scale of 1-5 with the total scored from 3-15. the lower the score, the less physically active)
Time frame: 1year
time to exposure
amount of desktop work (hours/week)
Time frame: 1year
global perceived effect
What is your global perceived effect of the intervention program (NRS - score/100)
Time frame: 1year
use of (pain) medication and/or (para)medical care
use of (pain) medication and/or (para)medical care (name, dosage/frequency, effect, prescribed or direct acces)
Time frame: 1year
Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21 questionnaire)
fear, depressive mood, and stress due to COVID-19 crisis and confinement (21 items, Each item is scored from 0 to 3 and is doubled so the global ISI score ranges from 0 to 42)
Time frame: 1year
36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36 questionnaire)
quality of life during confinement and telework (item scores are summed to scale scores and transformed into a hundred point scale; scores are transformed so that a higher score indicates better health status)
Time frame: 1year
Insomnia severity index (ISI questionnaire)
quality of sleep during confinement and telework (7 items, Each item is scored from 0 to 4 and the global ISI score ranges from 0 to 28)
Time frame: 1year
Plan to share: No
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