Clinical trial NCT06689722: Effectiveness of Chiropractic Treatment Applied Together With Ergonomics Education in Factory Workers With Neck Pain
Official title: Investigation of the Effectiveness of Chiropractic Treatment Applied Together With Ergonomics Education in Factory Workers With Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Randomized Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Neck Pain
Work-related Illness
Keywords: chiropractic
occupational diseases
Lead sponsor: Uskudar University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-11-14
Enrollment: 45
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

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

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.

Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
timeFrame: 5 weeks
measure: Neck Pain Disability Index Questionnaire
timeFrame: 5 weeks
measure: Bournemouth Neck Pain Survey
timeFrame: 5 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: İzmir
country: Turkey
facility: Kemalpaşa Heat treatment factory
Study officials:
affiliation: Bahçeşehir University
name: Deniz Balıkçı
role: STUDY_CHAIR
References:
citation: Pehlevan E, Sevgin O. Effect of exercise given to factory workers with ergonomics training on pain and functionality: A randomized controlled trial. Work. 2024;78(1):195-205. doi: 10.3233/WOR-230663.
citation: Zengi H, Safran EE, Sevgin O. The effect of home exercises with kinesiotaping on pain, functionality, and work performance in bus drivers with non-specific neck pain. J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2024;37(6):1617-1630. doi: 10.3233/BMR-240001.
citation: Chaibi A, Allen-Unhammer A, Kopke Vollestad N, Russell MB. Chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy for acute neck pain: A 4-arm clinical placebo randomized controlled trial. A prospective study protocol. PLoS One. 2023 Dec 7;18(12):e0295115. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0295115. eCollection 2023.