Effects of Whole-body Stretching Exercise for Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain and Physical Exertion Among Healthcare Professionals

Healthcare Professionals Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Whole-body Stretching Exercise During Lunch-break for Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain and Physical Exertion Among Healthcare Professionals

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05811715
• Other study ID #: 444-37-25613-DS
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 16, 2022
• Est. completion date: March 15, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: April 2023
• Source: Najran University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Purpose of the study:To investigate effect of whole-body stretching (WBS) exercise during lunch-break for reducing musculoskeletal pain and physical exertion among healthcare professionals

Description:

This study involved a single-blinded 2-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) to compare the effect of WBS exercise versus control group during lunch-break to reduce symptoms of WRMSDs in healthcare professionals. sixty healthcare professionals were recruited from Najran university hospital, Saudi Arabia. Study objectives and procedure were properly explained and written informed consent was obtained at the beginning of the study. All the participants were randomly assigned into two equal groups A and B.

Group A were received the 30 minutes of whole body stretching class while group B were received an education program which includes ergonomic principles, WRMSDs and their risk factors, as well as manual handling techniques were explained .

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: March 15, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: March 15, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Full time healthcare professionals with more than one year of experience were eligible to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

• Acute musculoskeletal symptoms (pain intensity on visual analogue scale (VAS) > 7)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthcare Professionals
• Musculoskeletal Pain

Intervention

Other:
• whole body stretching excercise
For the WBS group, each 30 minutes exercise class was run by a one trained physiotherapist to serve a maximum of 10 participants (10 x 3 = 30 participants) working in the hospital. Participants invited to attend the exercise class 3 times a week for 6 weeks in their hospital during lunch-break. During each session, participants asked to perform WBS exercise (Franco et al., 2008).
• educational program
Participants received an education program which includes ergonomic principles, WRMSDs and their risk factors, as well as manual handling techniques(Bolbol et al., 2017).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Saudi Arabia	Hashim Ahmed	Najran	Najran

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Najran University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Saudi Arabia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	musculoskeletal pain	musculoskeletal pain were assessed by Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire	6 Weeks
Primary	physical exertion	physical exertion were assessed by Borg rating of perceived exertion	6 Weeks