Effectiveness of Chiropractic Treatment Applied Together With Ergonomics Education in Factory Workers With Neck Pain

NCT ID: NCT06689722

Last Updated: 2025-01-06

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 45 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-11-15
• Study Completion Date: 2025-01-02

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of chiropractic treatment combined with ergonomic training in factory workers with nonspecific neck pain.

Detailed Description

The study was planned as a randomized controlled study. Workers between the ages of 18-60 who are working in a heat treatment factory in izmir and experiencing non-specific neck pain will be included in the study. The factory workers included in the study will be divided into three by simple random method. The groups will be called chiropractic, placebo and control groups. All participants will be given ergonomic training before the treatment. The chiropractic group will be applied 2 days a week. The placebo group will also be applied sham manipulation 2 days a week. No intervention will be made in the control group. In order to collect data from the participants; Visual Analog Scale, Neck Disability Questionnaire and Bournemouth will be used for pain and pain-related dysfunctions, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire will be used to determine sleep quality. These questionnaires will be repeated before starting the study and at the end of the study.

Conditions

Neck Pain; Work-related Illness

Study Design

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

Study Groups

chiropractic

chiropractic practices

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

chiropractic

Intervention Type: OTHER

Chiropractic practice was applied using the diversified technique, which is one of the types of chiropractic techniques.

ergonomics

Intervention Type: OTHER

Ergonomics training will be given to each of the control group participants individually. The content of this training will include "what is ergonomics, the purpose of ergonomics, musculoskeletal diseases in employees, work-related musculoskeletal risk fa

placebo

sham manipulation applications

Group Type: SHAM_COMPARATOR

sham

Intervention Type: OTHER

The patient was asked if he/she had any pain or other complaints during the trial mobilization. High-velocity, low-amplitude impulses were applied to the inferior and lateral directions for patients who did not describe any complaints.

ergonomics

Intervention Type: OTHER

Ergonomics training will be given to each of the control group participants individually. The content of this training will include "what is ergonomics, the purpose of ergonomics, musculoskeletal diseases in employees, work-related musculoskeletal risk fa

control

those who did not receive any intervention

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

ergonomics

Intervention Type: OTHER

Ergonomics training will be given to each of the control group participants individually. The content of this training will include "what is ergonomics, the purpose of ergonomics, musculoskeletal diseases in employees, work-related musculoskeletal risk fa

Interventions

chiropractic

Chiropractic practice was applied using the diversified technique, which is one of the types of chiropractic techniques.

Intervention Type: OTHER

sham

The patient was asked if he/she had any pain or other complaints during the trial mobilization. High-velocity, low-amplitude impulses were applied to the inferior and lateral directions for patients who did not describe any complaints.

Intervention Type: OTHER

ergonomics

Ergonomics training will be given to each of the control group participants individually. The content of this training will include "what is ergonomics, the purpose of ergonomics, musculoskeletal diseases in employees, work-related musculoskeletal risk fa

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Being between 18-65 years of age,
• Having neck pain for the last 3 months,
• Neck pain being 4 or higher on the Visual Analog Scale

Exclusion Criteria

• Having undergone surgery in the last 6 months,
• Not being cooperative,
• Presence of psychological problems,
• Neck pain being of radicular or neurological origin,
• Presence of a systemic or metabolic disease such as cancer, Instability in the neck,
• Vertebro-basilar insufficiency

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Uskudar University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ömer Şevgin

Asst. Prof. Dr.

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Deniz Balıkçı

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Bahçeşehir University

Locations

Kemalpaşa Heat treatment factory

Izmir, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

References

Pehlevan E, Sevgin O. Effect of exercise given to factory workers with ergonomics training on pain and functionality: A randomized controlled trial. Work. 2024;78(1):195-205. doi: 10.3233/WOR-230663.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 38701125 (View on PubMed)

Zengi H, Safran EE, Sevgin O. The effect of home exercises with kinesiotaping on pain, functionality, and work performance in bus drivers with non-specific neck pain. J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2024;37(6):1617-1630. doi: 10.3233/BMR-240001.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 38943382 (View on PubMed)

Chaibi A, Allen-Unhammer A, Kopke Vollestad N, Russell MB. Chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy for acute neck pain: A 4-arm clinical placebo randomized controlled trial. A prospective study protocol. PLoS One. 2023 Dec 7;18(12):e0295115. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0295115. eCollection 2023.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 38060549 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

Uskudar14

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id