Work Place Adjusted Intelligent Physical Exercise Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain in Shoulder and Neck (VIMS)

Work Place Adjusted Intelligent Physical Exercise Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain in Shoulder and Neck (VIMS, Danish Acronym)

Musculoskeletal disorders are frequent among office workers especially in the neck/shoulder area.

The hypothesis is, that specific strength training of the neck/shoulder muscles will alleviate the pain.

The two sub-hypotheses are

1. Alleviation of pain is independent of training frequency
2. Alleviation of pain is higher following supervised training vs training with initial instruction only

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: physical training exercise

Detailed Description

Recent studies have shown a positive effect of work site physical exercise intervention, however, there is a lack of evidence regarding: 1) extend of instruction and supervision, and 2) frequency of training session during the wek.

Questionnaires will be send to around 2000 office workers inviting them to participate in work site training for 1 hr per week for 20 weeks. Those accepting the invitation will be randomized into 5 different groups:

1. training 1 hr one time per week supervized 50% of the time
2. training 3 x 20 min per week supervised 50 % of the time
3. training 3 x 20 min per week supervised only initially with careful instructions
4. training 10 x 6 min per week supervised 50 % of the time
5. no training serving as reference control group At termination of the training period there will be a follow-up questionnaire survey

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 573
• Phase: Early Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Denmark
  • Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Rigspolitiet

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• office workers
• employed

Exclusion Criteria:

• physically heavy work
• trauma
• leif threatening disease, e.g. cancer,
• pregnancy

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

5

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 1 hr training 50% supervision	Behavioral: physical training exercise; physical exercise training at the work site during work time
Experimental: 3 x 20 min training 50% supervision	Behavioral: physical training exercise; physical exercise training at the work site during work time
Experimental: 3 x 20 min training initial instructions	Behavioral: physical training exercise; physical exercise training at the work site during work time
Experimental: 10 x 6 min training 50% supervision	Behavioral: physical training exercise; physical exercise training at the work site during work time
No Intervention: reference; no training

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
neck/shoulder pain, selfreported	20 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
muscle strength and endurance	20 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Southern Denmark
• Collaborators: University of Copenhagen; National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Gisela Sjogaard, Dr.Med.Sci., University of Southern Denmark

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Andersen CH, Andersen LL, Gram B, Pedersen MT, Mortensen OS, Zebis MK, Sjogaard G. Influence of frequency and duration of strength training for effective management of neck and shoulder pain: a randomised controlled trial. Br J Sports Med. 2012 Nov;46(14):1004-10. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090813. Epub 2012 Jun 29.
• Andersen LL, Zebis MK, Pedersen MT, Roessler KK, Andersen CH, Pedersen MM, Feveile H, Mortensen OS, Sjogaard G. Protocol for work place adjusted intelligent physical exercise reducing musculoskeletal pain in shoulder and neck (VIMS): a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2010 Aug 5;11:173. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-173.
• Dalager T, Bredahl TG, Pedersen MT, Boyle E, Andersen LL, Sjogaard G. Does training frequency and supervision affect compliance, performance and muscular health? A cluster randomized controlled trial. Man Ther. 2015 Oct;20(5):657-65. doi: 10.1016/j.math.2015.01.016. Epub 2015 Feb 28.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: January 1, 2010
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 1, 2011
• Study Completion (Actual): February 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 7, 2009
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 7, 2009
• First Posted (Estimate): December 8, 2009

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): December 11, 2012
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 8, 2012
• Last Verified: December 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: neck/shoulder
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Joint Diseases; Muscular Diseases; Arthralgia; Shoulder Pain; Musculoskeletal Pain; Musculoskeletal Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: H-C-2008-103