Effectiveness of Ergonomic Training and Exercise in Automotive Factory Workers With Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT06864650

Last Updated: 2025-08-29

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 56 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-03-25
• Study Completion Date: 2025-08-10

Brief Summary

This study compares the effectiveness of ergonomic training and exercise in automotive factory workers with chronic low back pain of unknown cause.

Detailed Description

The study was planned as a randomized controlled study. Workers between the ages of 18-60 who have back pain and work in an automotive factory in Galway, Ireland will be included in the study. Participants will be divided into two groups. The factory workers included in the study will be divided into a study group and a control group using a simple random method. Randomization will be done using the sealed envelope method. The study group will be given stretching and strengthening exercises along with ergonomics training. The control group will be given only ergonomics training. The exercises they will do and the ergonomics training will be explained to the participants individually and supported with a brochure. The participants will be asked to do the given exercises 3 days a week and continue for 12 weeks. The given exercises will be followed up with an exercise follow-up chart. In order to collect data on the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants, a personal information form will be prepared by the researcher and the participants will be asked to fill it out. In order to collect data from the participants; Visual Analog Scale will be used to collect information about pain, International Physical Activity Questionnaire to collect information about physical activity levels, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire to determine sleep quality, Oswestry Low Back Pain Scale for functionality assessment, Manual Muscle Testing to determine muscle strength. These questionnaires will be repeated before starting the study and at the end of the study. The data to be obtained will be evaluated using SPSS 24 package program.

Conditions

Work-related Illness

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Ergonomics training

group without any intervention

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Ergonomics training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Each of the control group participants will receive separate ergonomics training. The content of this training will include the topics of "what is ergonomics, the purpose of ergonomics, musculoskeletal diseases in employees, work-related musculoskeletal risk factors."

Ergonomics training +exercise program

The group that followed the 12-week exercise program

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Ergonomics training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Each of the control group participants will receive separate ergonomics training. The content of this training will include the topics of "what is ergonomics, the purpose of ergonomics, musculoskeletal diseases in employees, work-related musculoskeletal risk factors."

exercise program

Intervention Type: OTHER

stretching exercises strengthening exercises waist exercises core exercises relaxation exercises

Interventions

Ergonomics training

Each of the control group participants will receive separate ergonomics training. The content of this training will include the topics of "what is ergonomics, the purpose of ergonomics, musculoskeletal diseases in employees, work-related musculoskeletal risk factors."

Intervention Type: OTHER

exercise program

stretching exercises strengthening exercises waist exercises core exercises relaxation exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Being between 18-60 years old
• Having worked in the same factory for at least 2 years
• Working full time
• Having complained of back pain for at least 3 months
• visual analog scale>4, pain 4 and above on visual analog scale

Exclusion Criteria

• Being under 18 years old or over 60 years old
• Having worked for less than 2 years
• Working part time
• Having complained of back pain for less than 3 months
• visual analog scale Presence of psychological problems
• Using sleeping pills
• Having undergone surgical intervention in the last 6 months

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• 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

Kübra TOSYALI

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Uskudar University

Locations

Valeo Vision System

Galway, , Ireland

Countries

Ireland

References

Stieglitz DD, Vinson DR, Hampton MC. Equipment-based Pilates reduces work-related chronic low back pain and disability: A pilot study. J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2016 Jan;20(1):74-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2015.06.006. Epub 2015 Jun 15.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 26891640 (View on PubMed)

Chenot JF, Greitemann B, Kladny B, Petzke F, Pfingsten M, Schorr SG. Non-Specific Low Back Pain. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2017 Dec 25;114(51-52):883-890. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2017.0883.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 29321099 (View on PubMed)

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)

Other Identifiers

Uskudar25

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id