Effectiveness of Yoga@Work to Reduce Head and Muscle Pain in Office Workers

Effectiveness of Yoga@Work to Reduce Head and Muscle Pain in Office Workers: Quasi Experimental Study

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a workplace yoga intervention in reducing the frequency of pain involving the head and neck area.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Musculoskeletal Pain; Headache; Cervical Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Yoga

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 38
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United Kingdom
  • London, United Kingdom
    • Yog Kulam

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 60 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Office workers
• Willing to participate an give consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Secondary headache
• Neck injury
• Trauma
• Critically ill
• Cognitive impairment
• Pregnancy

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Yoga@Work	Other: Yoga; Relaxation yoga exercises, yoga breathing, yoga sound and imagery practices

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Frequency of headache, neck and shoulder pain	Pain Journal assessed the number of days with headache, neck and shoulder pain	From baseline to 6-week post intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Severity of head, neck and shoulder pain	Visual Analogue Scale was used to assess the severity of pain with 0 to 10 scale; 0 describe no pain and 10 worst pain.	From baseline to 6-week post intervention
Analgesics use	Daily pain journal was used to assess analgesics use	From baseline to 6-week post intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Aarogyam UK
• Collaborators: Brunel University
• Investigators: Study Chair: Monomita Nandy, Brunel University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 16, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 30, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): August 12, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 17, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 17, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): March 18, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 20, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 18, 2020
• Last Verified: March 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Nervous System Diseases; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Muscular Diseases; Neuromuscular Diseases; Myalgia; Neck Pain; Headache; Musculoskeletal Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: AU04

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Undecided

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No