Stretching and Musculoskeletal Pain

May 16, 2022 updated by: Mandeep Singh, Mayo Clinic

Stretching Exercises and Musculoskeletal Pain Among Employees Working in the Echocardiographic, Ultrasound and Interventional Laboratories

The purpose of this study is to assess whether a daily, 15-minute stretching routine for one year reduces musculoskeletal pain and improves quality of life in personnel working in the radiology and cardiology departments at Mayo Clinics and Mayo Clinic Health System sites.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

190

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Arizona
      • Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259
        • Mayo Clinic Arizona
    • Florida
      • Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32224
        • Mayo Clinic Florida
    • Minnesota
      • Mankato, Minnesota, United States, 56001
        • Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato
      • Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
        • Mayo Clinic Rochester
    • Wisconsin
      • Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States, 54703
        • Mayo Clinic Health System - Eau Claire
      • La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States, 54601
        • Mayo Clinic Health System - Franciscan Healthcare

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • A 15-minute daily stretching program will be implemented for 1 year.
  • Personnel working in the departments of Cardiology and Radiology at Mayo Rochester, - Mayo Scottsdale, and Mayo Jacksonville and Mayo Clinic Health System.
  • Willing to complete standardized questionnaires (DASH, ODI) to assess work-related pain at baseline and at 1 year.
  • Employees who respond to questionnaires at baseline and 1 year but don't participate in the stretching exercises will be controls for the study.
  • Willing and able to provide written, informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy.
  • Inability to participate in the stretching exercises for any reason.
  • Preexisting musculoskeletal problems that has required employees to seek active medical or orthopedic treatment.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Active Treatment Group
15 minutes daily stretch for 1 year
Behavioral: Stretching
One-year stretching program for 15 minutes every day
No Intervention: Control Group
No stretches

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in the DASH index score
Time Frame: 12 months
The DASH (Disability Arm, Shoulder, and Hand outcomes) is scored on a 0-100 scale. Higher score indicates greater disability. A change of 10 more points from baseline, noted at the end of the study will be considered significant
12 months
Change in ODI (Oswestry Disability Index)
Time Frame: 12 months
The OSI is scored on a 0-100 scale, zero being with no disability and 100 with maximum disability possible. A change of 10 points from baseline will be considered significant
12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Mayo Clinic

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 31, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 30, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

April 30, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 30, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 4, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

November 5, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 18, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 16, 2022

Last Verified

May 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 20-003714

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

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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