Team-based Ergonomics Educational Model for Workplace WELLNESS Improvement: A Pilot Study (TEEM WELLNESS)

This research is being done to explore the potential benefit of a physical therapist-guided stretching program on musculoskeletal pain and well-being.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Muscle Pain; MSDs
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: stretching exercises

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 36
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Pennsylvania
    • Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033
      • Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 85 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• HMC/COM staff (faculty, residents, fellows, APPs, physical/occupational therapists, nurses, schedulers, etc.)
• At least 18 years old
• Willing and able to participate in all study procedures
• Willing and able to provide informed consent
• Group 2 subjects must have access to a computer with internet or an iPhone or Android smartphone

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects who do not meet all inclusion criteria will be excluded from the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Group 1: In-Person; During the initial 3 month control period, subjects are asked not to begin any new exercise or stretching program during this time. During the 3 month intervention period that follows, subjects will participate in in-person physical therapist-led instructional sessions three times per week. Each stretch will be performed twice, one on the left and one on the right. The therapist will describe what to do and briefly demonstrate each stretch. Stretches will be held for 45-60 seconds with therapist instructions and modification as needed based on subject technique.	Behavioral: stretching exercises; Head/neck stretches; Head tilt side to side; Cross-chest stretch Torso stretches; Side stretch; Mid-back stretch Lower limb; Standing quadriceps stretch; Standing hamstring stretch
Experimental: Group 2: Video; During the initial 3 month control period, subjects are asked not to begin any new exercise or stretching program during this time. During the 3 month intervention period that follows, subjects will complete sessions three times per week, led by a physical therapist and viewed remotely via pre-recorded video using a smartphone application.	Behavioral: stretching exercises; Head/neck stretches; Head tilt side to side; Cross-chest stretch Torso stretches; Side stretch; Mid-back stretch Lower limb; Standing quadriceps stretch; Standing hamstring stretch

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
SF-36	The 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) is a set of generic, coherent, and easily administered quality-of-life measures.	change from 3 month time point to 6 month time point
CMDQ	The Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaires (CMDQ) is a questionnaire based on previous published research studies of musculoskeletal discomfort among office workers.	change from 3 month time point to 6 month time point

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Modified Sit and Reach	The sit and reach test is a common measure of flexibility, and specifically measures the flexibility of the lower back and hamstring muscles.	baseline, 3 months, 6 months, change from 3 month time point to 6 month time point
SF-36	The 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) is a set of generic, coherent, and easily administered quality-of-life measures.	baseline, 3 months
CMDQ	The Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaires (CMDQ) is a questionnaire based on previous published research studies of musculoskeletal discomfort among office workers.	baseline, 3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Aiesha Ahmed, MD, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center; Principal Investigator: Majid Dadgar-Kiani, MD, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 11, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 10, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): September 10, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 4, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 4, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): February 6, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 24, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 20, 2019
• Last Verified: December 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Nervous System Diseases; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Muscular Diseases; Neuromuscular Diseases; Musculoskeletal Pain; Myalgia
• Other Study ID Numbers: 11328 (DAIDS ES)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No