Yoga@Work for Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain in Neck and Shoulder

Neck Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effectiveness of Yoga@Work Program for Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain in Neck and Shoulder: Evaluation Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04313413
• Other study ID #: AU03
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 12, 2019
• Est. completion date: July 18, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: March 2020
• Source: Aarogyam UK
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are disorders of muscles, tendons, joints and nerves which can affect all body parts, although the neck, upper limb and back are the most common areas.

The peer-reviewed literature about workplace prevention describes a variety of interventions that have been implemented and evaluated.but only few studies show sustainable positive effects on symptom outcomes.

Yoga@Work program was developed to self manage pain around neck and shoulder areas among office workers.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 34
• Est. completion date: July 18, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: June 18, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Office workers

• Willing to participate and give consent

• non specific neck and shoulder pain

Exclusion Criteria:

• neck injury

• Trauma

• Cancer related pain

• psychiatric disorder/ medication

• Pregnancy

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Musculoskeletal Pain
• Neck Pain
• Shoulder Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Yoga
Yoga sessions includes sukshma vyayama (strengthening yoga expertise), stretching and relaxing postures (asana) on chair or standing, breathing and meditation practices.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	Yog Kulam	London

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Aarogyam UK	Brunel University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Neck and Shoulder pain	self reported neck and shoulder pain using visual analogue scale on 0 to 10 scale, where 0 is no pain and 10 is worst pain.	From baseline to 4-week post intervention
Secondary	Global Outcome	Patient Global Received Rating of Improvement or Satisfaction	from baseline to 5 week post intervention