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Exercise as Treatment of Neck Pain Among Helicopter Pilots and Crew Members

NCT ID: NCT01926262

Last Updated: 2015-12-02

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

69 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-11-30

Study Completion Date

2014-04-30

Brief Summary

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The aim of this project is to investigate, whether physical training, targeted neck and shoulder muscles, can reduce and prevent neck pain among military helicopter pilots and crewmembers.

Detailed Description

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Military helicopter pilots and crewmembers is often burdened by work-related neck and shoulder pain. Neck pain is a health challenge, that can reduce functional level, concentration and operational safety. Physical exercise has shown good efficacy in reducing neck/shoulder pain in other occupational groups in previous studies.

The Royal Danish Air Force and the University of Southern Denmark, wishes to examine whether specific physical exercise can prevent and reduce neck/shoulder pain within this occupational group.

Participants in this project will be randomly selected to either a physical exercise group or a reference group.

* The physical exercise group will follow a training program targeted neck and shoulder muscles and train 1 hour per week (3 x 20 min) for 26 weeks.
* The reference group will continue normal routines, including workout routines. They will later be offered the same training program as the Physical Exercise group provided that training has a positive effect.

Conditions

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Neck Pain Shoulder Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Physical Exercise Group

Specific Strength Training for the Neck and Shoulder muscles

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Specific Strength Training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Specific Strength Training for the Neck and Shoulder Muscles

Reference group

No Specific Strength Training

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Specific Strength Training

Specific Strength Training for the Neck and Shoulder Muscles

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Employed within the Royal Danish Air Force
* Helicopter pilot
* Crewmember (Flight engineer, Rescue swimmer or Mission System Operator)
* Flown within the past 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

* Grounded at time of inclusion
* Participated in a training intervention within the past 12 months
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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The Royal Danish Air Force

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Southern Denmark

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Mike Murray

MSc

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Gisela Sjøgaard, Professor.,

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University of Southern Denmark

Locations

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Hilicopter Wing Karup

Karup, , Denmark

Site Status

Countries

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Denmark

References

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Murray M, Lange B, Nornberg BR, Sogaard K, Sjogaard G. Self-administered physical exercise training as treatment of neck and shoulder pain among military helicopter pilots and crew: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2017 Apr 7;18(1):147. doi: 10.1186/s12891-017-1507-3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28388892 (View on PubMed)

Murray M, Lange B, Nornberg BR, Sogaard K, Sjogaard G. Specific exercise training for reducing neck and shoulder pain among military helicopter pilots and crew members: a randomized controlled trial protocol. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2015 Aug 19;16:198. doi: 10.1186/s12891-015-0655-6.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26286707 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.sdu.dk/en/om_sdu/institutter_centre/iob_idraet_og_biomekanik/forskning/forskningsenheder/fysiskaktivitetsundhed

University of Southern Denmark

Other Identifiers

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S-20120121

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id