Workplace Based Physiotherapy of Elderly-care Workers With Non-specific Neck Pain.

April 30, 2025 updated by: Mª Ángeles Cardero Durán, Universidad de Extremadura

Workplace Based Physiotherapy of Elderly-care Workers With Non-specific Neck Pain: a Five Week Intervention With a One Month Follow-up Study.

The overall objective of this study is to determine the efficacy of a physical therapy intervention based on manual therapy, therapeutic exercise and application of electrotherapy in healthcare workers with non-specific neck pain.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The subjects included in the sample will be evaluated according to the aforementioned parameters by researchers trained and assigned for this purpose.

The data collection of the different variables will be performed before and after the completion of the program designed for the study. The physiotherapy intervention for the experimental group will have a duration of 10 sessions, twice a week.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

50

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

  • Spain
      • Badajoz, Spain, 06006
        • María de los Ángeles Cardero Durán

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

  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

IInclusion Criteria:

  • Age range between 18-60 years.
  • Cervical pain of non-specific origin or Cervicalgia type I and II according to the Quebec - Task Force on Spinal Disorders.
  • Be willing to participate in the study and sign the informed consent form.
  • Have at least one year of seniority in the company exercising the current professional activity within the team of socio-health personnel.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Cervicalgia with neurological involvement or caused by pathologies such as: inflammatory disease, neurological disease, rheumatic disease, severe osteoporosis, fracture, dislocation, vertebro-basilar insufficiency, neoplasia or infection.
  • Spine surgery.
  • Present metallic implants at the spinal column level.
  • Have received physiotherapy or alternative treatment in the last 6 months before starting the study.
  • To present any type of inconvenience to the application of electrotherapy (score ≥45 points in EAPP).

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: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control Group
The control group will not undergo any physiotherapy treatment therapy for neck pain.
Experimental: Experimental Group
The overall objective of this study is to determine the efficacy of a physical therapy intervention based on manual therapy, therapeutic exercise and application of electrical stimulation therapy in healthcare workers with non-specific neck pain.
Other: Electrical Stimulation Therapy
Ten Electrical Stimulation Therapy sessions lasting 30 minutes were carried out. Analgesic currents of the TENS type, placed in the cervical region.
Other: Manual Therapy
Manual Therapy consistin of soft tissue mobilization and release techniques over the neck and craniocervical regions. Ten sessions.
Other: Exercise Therapeutic
The exercise therapeutic program consisting of neck movement control and stretching exercise. Ten sessions.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Changes Pressure Pain
Time Frame: 5 weeks

Pressure Pain with Algometry. To assess the mechanosensitivity of the trigger points , the pain threshold was measured at the pressure.

Unit of measure Kg/cm2.
5 weeks
Changes in Pain
Time Frame: 5 weeks
A visual analog scale (VAS). The scale is represented by a 10-centimeter line at the ends of which there are two adjectives whose ends there are two adjectives, absence of pain (0) and unbearable pain (10). The higher the score, the greater the pain.
5 weeks
Changes in Disability
Time Frame: 5 weeks
Neck Disability Index ( NDI) through which will give us the degree of disability neck pain.The NDI consists of 10 sections, 4 of them are related to subjective symptoms (pain intensity, headache, head, ability to concentrate and quality of sleep) and the other 6 are related to basic activities of daily living (ABVD) (personal care, ability to lift weights, reading, work, driving, leisure activities and free time). Each of the sections presents 6 possible answers, scoring these from 0 to 5 according to the progression of functional disability.
5 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Changes in Range of Motion
Time Frame: 5 weeks

Measurement of joint amplitude with goniometry. The Range of Motion (ROM) exploration was performed with the subjects in sitting in order to stabilize the pelvis and the thoracic-lumbar spine. From this position, the degrees of maximum position reached by the subjects in each of the 6 movements of space.

Unit of measurement in degrees of articulation.
5 weeks
General Health.
Time Frame: 5 weeks
The Physical and Mental Health summary scales-12 (SF-12) contains 12 questions distributed in each of the 8 dimensions. The higher the score, the better the state of health.
5 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Universidad de Extremadura

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: María de los Ángeles Cardero Durán, Doctor, Universidad de Extremadura

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

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)

March 4, 2024

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 30, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

May 31, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 12, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 1, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

April 4, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 1, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 30, 2025

Last Verified

February 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 49/2024

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

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