The Effect of Education on Decreasing the Prevalence and Severity of Neck and Shoulder Pain

Adolescents Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01727960
• Other study ID #: EduNSP
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 12, 2012
• Last updated: November 12, 2012
• Start date: January 2012
• Est. completion date: December 2012

Study information

• Verified date: November 2012
• Source: Soonchunhyang University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Korea: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Neck and shoulder pain (NSP) is fairly common among high school students in Korea. Presumably, the high prevalence of NSP in Korean adolescents is a consequence of an inappropriate static position for a prolonged period of time. We suspect that proper education and posture correction for Korean adolescents may decrease the prevalence or severity of NSP. Although several studies have focused on the etiology of NSP during adolescence, few studies have addressed the management or prevention of NSP in adolescents, despite its high prevalence in this age group. The aims of this prospective study was to identify the effects of education, in terms of recognition of this issue and posture correction, on prevalence and severity of NSP in Korean adolescents

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 1302
• Est. completion date: December 2012
• Est. primary completion date: November 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 16 Years to 19 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• high school students

Exclusion Criteria:

• deny to participate

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Adolescents
• Korean
• Male

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Education and posture correction
a lecture concerning the fine posture for health and exercises

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Korea, Republic of	Soonchunhyang Univsrsity Hospital	Seoul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Soonchunhyang University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Korea, Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	NRS score of neck and shoulder pain	numeric rating scale (NRS; range, 0-100)of neck and shoulder pain during the 1-week period preceding follow-up	3 months later	No
Secondary	Neck Disability Index (NDI)	Total NDI scores were interpreted as follows: 0-4, no disability; 5-14, mild disability; 15-24, moderate disability; 25-34, severe disability; >34, complete disability	3 months later	No