Effectiveness of Chiropractic Treatment Applied Together With Ergonomics Education in Factory Workers With Neck Pain

January 3, 2025 updated by: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ömer Şevgin, Uskudar University

Investigation of the Effectiveness of Chiropractic Treatment Applied Together With Ergonomics Education in Factory Workers With Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Randomized Study

The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of chiropractic treatment combined with ergonomic training in factory workers with nonspecific neck pain.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The study was planned as a randomized controlled study. Workers between the ages of 18-60 who are working in a heat treatment factory in izmir and experiencing non-specific neck pain will be included in the study. The factory workers included in the study will be divided into three by simple random method. The groups will be called chiropractic, placebo and control groups. All participants will be given ergonomic training before the treatment. The chiropractic group will be applied 2 days a week. The placebo group will also be applied sham manipulation 2 days a week. No intervention will be made in the control group. In order to collect data from the participants; Visual Analog Scale, Neck Disability Questionnaire and Bournemouth will be used for pain and pain-related dysfunctions, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire will be used to determine sleep quality. These questionnaires will be repeated before starting the study and at the end of the study.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

45

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

  • Turkey
      • İzmir, Turkey
        • Kemalpaşa Heat treatment factory

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
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion criteria:

  • Being between 18-65 years of age,
  • Having neck pain for the last 3 months,
  • Neck pain being 4 or higher on the Visual Analog Scale

Exclusion criteria:

  • Having undergone surgery in the last 6 months,
  • Not being cooperative,
  • Presence of psychological problems,
  • Neck pain being of radicular or neurological origin,
  • Presence of a systemic or metabolic disease such as cancer, Instability in the neck,
  • Vertebro-basilar insufficiency

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: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: chiropractic
chiropractic practices
Other: chiropractic
Chiropractic practice was applied using the diversified technique, which is one of the types of chiropractic techniques.
Other: ergonomics
Ergonomics training will be given to each of the control group participants individually. The content of this training will include "what is ergonomics, the purpose of ergonomics, musculoskeletal diseases in employees, work-related musculoskeletal risk fa
Sham Comparator: placebo
sham manipulation applications
Other: ergonomics
Ergonomics training will be given to each of the control group participants individually. The content of this training will include "what is ergonomics, the purpose of ergonomics, musculoskeletal diseases in employees, work-related musculoskeletal risk fa
Other: sham
The patient was asked if he/she had any pain or other complaints during the trial mobilization. High-velocity, low-amplitude impulses were applied to the inferior and lateral directions for patients who did not describe any complaints.
Active Comparator: control
those who did not receive any intervention
Other: ergonomics
Ergonomics training will be given to each of the control group participants individually. The content of this training will include "what is ergonomics, the purpose of ergonomics, musculoskeletal diseases in employees, work-related musculoskeletal risk fa

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
Time Frame: 5 weeks
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; It evaluates sleep duration, sleep disturbance, sleep efficiency, subjective sleep quality, sleep medication use, daytime dysfunction, and sleep delay and consists of a total of 24 questions. 19 of them are self-report scales and 5 of them consist of questions to be answered by a friend or spouse. There are 7 components with 18 questions scored in the scale, and each component is evaluated between 0 and 3 points. The total score ranges from 0 to 21, and 5 or more is an indicator of "poor sleep quality".
5 weeks
Neck Pain Disability Index Questionnaire
Time Frame: 5 weeks
The scale includes 10 titles. It includes pain sensitivity, heavy lifting, personal hygiene, reading, sleep, headache, concentration, work, driving, social activities. There are 6 answer options according to the severity of the limitation or pain. Scoring is between 0 and 5. The highest score is 50 and the least is 0. The neck disability level classification according to the total score is as follows 0-4: no restrictions 5-14: mild limitation 15-24: moderate limitation 25-34: severe limitation 34 and up: completely restricted
5 weeks
Bournemouth Neck Pain Survey
Time Frame: 5 weeks
The survey consists of 7 questions. In addition to questions about pain and disability, it also includes questions about psychosocial issues. Each question is scored between 0 and 10. The highest score is 70, with a higher score indicating a higher level of disability. The content of the survey consists of variables that must be questioned for individuals with neck pain, such as pain severity, the effect of pain on daily life activities and social life, anxiety-depression level, kinesiophobia and coping with pain.
5 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Uskudar University

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Deniz Balıkçı, Bahcesehir University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

November 15, 2024

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 25, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

January 2, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 12, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 12, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

November 14, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 3, 2025

Last Verified

January 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Uskudar14

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

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