Effect of Yoga@Work Program

Neck Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effectiveness of Yoga@Work Program on Neck and Shoulder Pain in Information Technology (IT) Employees

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03840304
• Other study ID #: NMP 0198
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 12, 2018
• Est. completion date: January 28, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: February 2019
• Source: NMP Medical Research Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Employees working in IT industry are prone to develop musculoskeletal pain,specifically back, neck and shoulder pain. This study evaluates the effectiveness of work-site yoga intervention, Yoga@work on neck and shoulder pain in IT employees.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 132
• Est. completion date: January 28, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: December 12, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• IT companies employee

• Full time employment

• Neck and Shoulder Pain

• pain of at least 3 months duration

• able to comply with intervention schedule

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnancy

• Refuse to give informed consent

• spinal fracture

• recent cervical spine or shoulder surgery

• recent (3 months) chemotherapy/radiotherapy/ intervention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Musculoskeletal Pain
• Neck Pain
• Shoulder Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Yoga@work
Each session included warm-up practices(for the large joints, spine, and extremities), Physical postures (Asana), breathing exercises (pranayama) and supine meditation/relaxation (savasana).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
India	NMP Medical Reserach Institute	Jaipur	Rajasthan

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
NMP Medical Research Institute	Warwick Research Services, Yog-Kulam, UK

Country where clinical trial is conducted

India, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Visual analogue scale for pain	100-mm visual analog scale (VAS), horizontal line ranging from 0mm (no pain) to 100mm (worst imaginable pain).	change from baseline to 8 weeks
Secondary	Neck disability index (NDI)	The NDI is a standard instrument for measuring self-rated disability due to neck pain.10-item, 50-point index; each of the 10 items is scored from 0 - 5. Higher points represent worse pain	Change from baseline to 8-weeks
Secondary	Shoulder pain disability index	The SPADI is a 13-item patient completed instrument. Its categories include pain (5 items) and disability (8 items), overall total scores range from 0 to 130. Higher score represent worse disability	Change from baseline to 8-weeks