Work Place Adjusted Intelligent Physical Exercise Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain in Shoulder and Neck

Musculoskeletal Disorders Clinical Trial

— VIMS  

Official title:

Work Place Adjusted Intelligent Physical Exercise Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain in Shoulder and Neck (VIMS, Danish Acronym)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01027390
• Other study ID #: H-C-2008-103
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 0
• First received: December 7, 2009
• Last updated: December 8, 2012
• Start date: January 2010
• Est. completion date: February 2011

Study information

• Verified date: December 2012
• Source: University of Southern Denmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: The Danish National Committee on Biomedical Research Ethics
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Musculoskeletal disorders are frequent among office workers especially in the neck/shoulder area.

The hypothesis is, that specific strength training of the neck/shoulder muscles will alleviate the pain.

The two sub-hypotheses are

1. Alleviation of pain is independent of training frequency

2. Alleviation of pain is higher following supervised training vs training with initial instruction only

Description:

Recent studies have shown a positive effect of work site physical exercise intervention, however, there is a lack of evidence regarding: 1) extend of instruction and supervision, and 2) frequency of training session during the wek.

Questionnaires will be send to around 2000 office workers inviting them to participate in work site training for 1 hr per week for 20 weeks. Those accepting the invitation will be randomized into 5 different groups:

1. training 1 hr one time per week supervized 50% of the time

2. training 3 x 20 min per week supervised 50 % of the time

3. training 3 x 20 min per week supervised only initially with careful instructions

4. training 10 x 6 min per week supervised 50 % of the time

5. no training serving as reference control group At termination of the training period there will be a follow-up questionnaire survey

Other known NCT identifiers

• NCT01056068

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 573
• Est. completion date: February 2011
• Est. primary completion date: January 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• office workers

• employed

Exclusion Criteria:

• physically heavy work

• trauma

• leif threatening disease, e.g. cancer,

• pregnancy

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Musculoskeletal Diseases
• Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Musculoskeletal Pain
• Shoulder Pain

Intervention

Behavioral:
• physical training exercise
physical exercise training at the work site during work time

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Rigspolitiet	Copenhagen

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Southern Denmark	National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark, University of Copenhagen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

References & Publications (2)

Andersen CH, Andersen LL, Gram B, Pedersen MT, Mortensen OS, Zebis MK, Sjøgaard G. Influence of frequency and duration of strength training for effective management of neck and shoulder pain: a randomised controlled trial. Br J Sports Med. 2012 Nov;46(14) — View Citation

Andersen LL, Zebis MK, Pedersen MT, Roessler KK, Andersen CH, Pedersen MM, Feveile H, Mortensen OS, Sjøgaard G. Protocol for work place adjusted intelligent physical exercise reducing musculoskeletal pain in shoulder and neck (VIMS): a cluster randomized — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	neck/shoulder pain, selfreported		20 weeks	No
Secondary	muscle strength and endurance		20 weeks	No

External Links

•   Motion paa arbejdspladsen, SDU