Effects of Sensomotoric Training on Neck/Scapular Pain in People With Visual Disability

NCT ID: NCT01361906

Last Updated: 2014-05-29

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

52 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-09-30

Study Completion Date

2012-02-29

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether sensomotoric training can reduce neck/scapular pain in people with visual disability.

Detailed Description

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People with prolonged musculoskeletal disorders have impaired quality of life, physical function, work conditions and work ability and consume substantial public resources. An often overlooked fact in this context is the relationship between musculoskeletal disorders and the importance of a normally functioning visual system. People who have a visual impairment in adulthood often experience reduced health and life satisfaction. Many people lose their faith in order to continue with the activities previously carried out as to cope with their life, their work, and in some cases,personal care. Rehabilitative efforts to reduce the negative effects often involve the prescription of various visual aids which, in turn, often leads to unfavourable ergonomic and static postures with further increased risk of musculoskeletal problems. A prevention of such disorders is likely to allow them to continue their work, which is important from both an individual and a society perspective. The overall objective of the project is to evaluate the effects of an intervention program and develop a theoretical model for the relationship between near work, eye disorders and musculoskeletal disorders. The intervention is to be evaluated in a randomized trial on people with impaired vision and pain in the neck and scapular area. An intervention based on development and adaptation of an established physiotherapy practice in order to increase body awareness, body control and movement patterns will be evaluated. The effects of the intervention will be measured by a variety of outcome measures derived from WHO's ICF-model. An innovative solution for establishing proprioception and eye-hand coordination in everyday activities, the Clinical Kinematic Assessment Tool, will be used.

Conditions

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Neck/Scapular Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Untreated control

Untreated control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Sensomotoric training

Treatment with Sensomotoric training

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Sensomotoric training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention will be given once a week (2h per occasion) for twelve weeks.

Each occasion is planned to have the following structure:

10 min initial conversation about how participants are feeling today and how it felt after the last time.

70 min guided sensory motor learning. 10 min final talks, reflections on how it felt today.

Interventions

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Sensomotoric training

The intervention will be given once a week (2h per occasion) for twelve weeks.

Each occasion is planned to have the following structure:

10 min initial conversation about how participants are feeling today and how it felt after the last time.

70 min guided sensory motor learning. 10 min final talks, reflections on how it felt today.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* visual disability
* age 18 to 67 years old
* pain in neck/scapular area
* living in Örebro county

Exclusion Criteria

* deafness
* musculoskeletal disease (such as Multiple sclerosis, etc)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

67 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Örebro County Council

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Gavle

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Örebro

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Lars-Olov Lundqvist

Research Director

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Lars-Olov Lundqvist, Associate Professor

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Centre for Rehabilitation Research

Locations

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Hälsobro

Örebro, Örebro County, Sweden

Site Status

Countries

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Sweden

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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REHSAM/11

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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