Clinical trial NCT03501147: The Effect of a Resistance Training Program in Healthcare Workers on Pain, Workability and Physical Function.
Official title: The Effect of a Brief Daily Resistance Training Program in Healthcare Workers on Pain, Workability and Physical Function.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Musculoskeletal Pain
Physical Function
Work Ability
Lead sponsor: University of Valencia
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-04-18
Enrollment: 37
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The prevalence and consequences of musculoskeletal pain is considerable among healthcare workers, allegedly due to high physical work demands of healthcare work.

Performing physical exercise at the workplace together with colleagues may be more motivating for some employees and thus increase adherence. On the other hand, physical exercise performed during working hours at the workplace may be costly for the employers in terms of time spend. Thus, it seems relevant to perform a brief intervention. This study is intended to investigate the difference between the effect of workplace-based physical exercise (using elastic bands and body weight exercises) and a group control on musculoskeletal pain, physical exertion during work, physical function, need for recovery, self-rated use of analgesics, and work ability among healthcare workers.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Healthcare Workers at the Hospital
* Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Unable to perform exercises

Primary outcomes:
measure: Pain overall status: Standard 7-point patient global impression
timeFrame: 2 days after the end of intervention (POST)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Workability Index
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Workability Index
timeFrame: 2 days after the end of intervention (POST)
measure: Physical function
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Physical function
timeFrame: 2 days after the end of intervention (POST)
measure: Perceived physical exertion
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Perceived physical exertion
timeFrame: 3 weeks of resistance training
measure: Perceived physical exertion
timeFrame: 6 weeks of resistance training
measure: Perceived physical exertion
timeFrame: 2 days after the end of intervention (POST)
measure: "Need for recovery scale" after work
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: "Need for recovery scale" after work
timeFrame: 3 weeks of resistance training
measure: "Need for recovery scale" after work
timeFrame: 6 weeks of resistance training
measure: "Need for recovery scale" after work
timeFrame: 2 days after the end of intervention (POST)
measure: Self-rated use of analgesics
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Self-rated use of analgesics
timeFrame: 3 weeks of resistance training
measure: Self-rated use of analgesics
timeFrame: 6 weeks of resistance training
measure: Self-rated use of analgesics
timeFrame: 2 days after the end of intervention (POST)
measure: Pain: Average pain intensity (Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Scale 0-10)
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Pain: Average pain intensity (Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Scale 0-10)
timeFrame: 3 weeks of resistance training
measure: Pain: Average pain intensity (Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Scale 0-10)
timeFrame: 6 weeks of resistance training
measure: Pain: Average pain intensity (Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Scale 0-10)
timeFrame: 2 days after the end of intervention (POST)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Valencia
country: Spain
facility: Clinic Universitary Hospital of Valencia
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Valencia
name: Jose C Granell, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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