Clinical trial NCT01071980: Work Place Adjusted Intelligent Physical Exercise Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain in Shoulder and Neck (VIMS) - Industrial Workers
Official title: Work Place Adjusted Intelligent Physical Exercise Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain in Shoulder and Neck (VIMS) - Industrial Workers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Non-specific Pain of the Neck and Shoulder
Lead sponsor: National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
Collaborators: name: University of Copenhagen
name: University of Southern Denmark
First posted: 2010-02-19
Enrollment: 522
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: FACTORIAL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of specific resistance training on neck/shoulder pain in industrial workers.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* industrial worker

Exclusion Criteria:

* trauma, life threatening diseases, pregnancy

Primary outcomes:
measure: Pain of the neck and shoulders
timeFrame: At week 0 (baseline) and week 20 (follow-up)
measure: Pain in the arm/hand
timeFrame: At week 0 (baseline) and week 20 (follow-up)
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Copenhagen
country: Denmark
facility: National Research Centre for the Working Environment
Study officials:
References:
citation: Pedersen MT, Andersen CH, Zebis MK, Sjogaard G, Andersen LL. Implementation of specific strength training among industrial laboratory technicians: long-term effects on back, neck and upper extremity pain. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2013 Oct 9;14:287. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-287.
citation: Andersen CH, Andersen LL, Pedersen MT, Mortensen P, Karstad K, Mortensen OS, Zebis MK, Sjogaard G. Dose-response of strengthening exercise for treatment of severe neck pain in women. J Strength Cond Res. 2013 Dec;27(12):3322-8. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31828f12c6.
citation: Roessler KK, Rugulies R, Bilberg R, Andersen LL, Zebis MK, Sjogaard G. Does work-site physical activity improve self-reported psychosocial workplace factors and job satisfaction? A randomized controlled intervention study. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2013 Nov;86(8):861-4. doi: 10.1007/s00420-012-0823-z. Epub 2012 Oct 14.
citation: Pedersen MM, Zebis MK, Langberg H, Poulsen OM, Mortensen OS, Jensen JN, Sjogaard G, Bredahl T, Andersen LL. Influence of self-efficacy on compliance to workplace exercise. Int J Behav Med. 2013 Sep;20(3):365-70. doi: 10.1007/s12529-012-9239-0.
citation: Andersen LL, Jakobsen MD, Pedersen MT, Mortensen OS, Sjogaard G, Zebis MK. Effect of specific resistance training on forearm pain and work disability in industrial technicians: cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2012 Feb 13;2(1):e000412. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000412. Print 2012.
citation: Zebis MK, Andersen LL, Pedersen MT, Mortensen P, Andersen CH, Pedersen MM, Boysen M, Roessler KK, Hannerz H, Mortensen OS, Sjogaard G. Implementation of neck/shoulder exercises for pain relief among industrial workers: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2011 Sep 21;12:205. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-205.