AI Mobile App vs Self Exercises in Workers With Neck Pain

NCT ID: NCT06485804

Last Updated: 2024-07-03

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 34 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-07-15
• Study Completion Date: 2024-10-31

Brief Summary

This study aims to compare the impact of two different methods to administer self-exercises in administrative workers with neck pain: an Artificial Intelligence embedded mobile application and written sheet.

Conditions

Neck Pain; Work-Related Condition

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Intervention group

Participants in the intervention group will use a smartphone application which will provide an individualized exercises program.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Smartphone application guided exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

Participants in the intervention group will use a smartphone application to execute a self-rehabilitation program. The app will integrate:

• Basic information about neck pain and ergonomic advice.
• A series of evaluation questions on pain and function.
• Appropriate sets of exercises with videos and instructions.
• Daily reminders.
• Evaluation reports providing feedback and adherence.

Control group

Participants in the control group will receive a rehabilitation program delivered on a paper sheet containing pictures of exercises with written explanations in French, including the number of sets and repetitions

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Smartphone application guided exercises

Participants in the intervention group will use a smartphone application to execute a self-rehabilitation program. The app will integrate:

• Basic information about neck pain and ergonomic advice.
• A series of evaluation questions on pain and function.
• Appropriate sets of exercises with videos and instructions.
• Daily reminders.
• Evaluation reports providing feedback and adherence.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• The presence of a chronic NP lasting for more than three months, and a pain level at baseline assessment ≥ 30 (VAS)

Exclusion Criteria

• Acute neck pain, neck pain from specific causes (eg; Chronic inflammatory diseases), spine trauma or surgery, cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy, and physical therapy treatments in the last six months before baseline assessment.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 30 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 63 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Sana Salah

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Amr Chaabeni

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Monastir

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Anis Jellad

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Sana Salah, Professor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Monastir

Central Contacts

Anis Jellad, Professor

Role: CONTACT

anisjellad@gmail.com

98210626

References

Salah S, Jellad A, Mili M, Chaabeni A, Bedoui MH, Ben Saad H. Comparing efficacy and adherence of smartphone-guided exercises to conventional self-directed exercises for neck pain in office workers: A randomized controlled trial protocol. PLoS One. 2025 Sep 19;20(9):e0329863. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0329863. eCollection 2025.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 40971708 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

AIMobApp-Neck-Pain

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id