Effects of Whole-body Stretching Exercise for Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain and Physical Exertion Among Healthcare Professionals

NCT ID: NCT05811715

Last Updated: 2023-04-13

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-11-16

Study Completion Date

2023-03-15

Brief Summary

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Purpose of the study:To investigate effect of whole-body stretching (WBS) exercise during lunch-break for reducing musculoskeletal pain and physical exertion among healthcare professionals

Detailed Description

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This study involved a single-blinded 2-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) to compare the effect of WBS exercise versus control group during lunch-break to reduce symptoms of WRMSDs in healthcare professionals. sixty healthcare professionals were recruited from Najran university hospital, Saudi Arabia. Study objectives and procedure were properly explained and written informed consent was obtained at the beginning of the study. All the participants were randomly assigned into two equal groups A and B.

Group A were received the 30 minutes of whole body stretching class while group B were received an education program which includes ergonomic principles, WRMSDs and their risk factors, as well as manual handling techniques were explained .

Conditions

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Healthcare Professionals

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Group A

WBS-Whole body stretching exercise group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

whole body stretching excercise

Intervention Type OTHER

For the WBS group, each 30 minutes exercise class was run by a one trained physiotherapist to serve a maximum of 10 participants (10 x 3 = 30 participants) working in the hospital. Participants invited to attend the exercise class 3 times a week for 6 weeks in their hospital during lunch-break. During each session, participants asked to perform WBS exercise (Franco et al., 2008).

educational program

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants received an education program which includes ergonomic principles, WRMSDs and their risk factors, as well as manual handling techniques(Bolbol et al., 2017).

Group B

control group

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

educational program

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants received an education program which includes ergonomic principles, WRMSDs and their risk factors, as well as manual handling techniques(Bolbol et al., 2017).

Interventions

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whole body stretching excercise

For the WBS group, each 30 minutes exercise class was run by a one trained physiotherapist to serve a maximum of 10 participants (10 x 3 = 30 participants) working in the hospital. Participants invited to attend the exercise class 3 times a week for 6 weeks in their hospital during lunch-break. During each session, participants asked to perform WBS exercise (Franco et al., 2008).

Intervention Type OTHER

educational program

Participants received an education program which includes ergonomic principles, WRMSDs and their risk factors, as well as manual handling techniques(Bolbol et al., 2017).

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Full time healthcare professionals with more than one year of experience were eligible to participate

Exclusion Criteria

* Acute musculoskeletal symptoms (pain intensity on visual analogue scale (VAS) \> 7)
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Najran University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Hashim Ahmed

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Hashim Ahmed

Najrān, Najran Region, Saudi Arabia

Site Status

Countries

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Saudi Arabia

Other Identifiers

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444-37-25613-DS

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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