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CUHK_CCT00370

2013-05-16

Prospective

CRE-2012.554-T

Health and Medical Research Fund

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

The Chinese University

Dr SZETO Pui Yuk Grace

Dept of Rehab Sciences The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

85227666706

grace.szeto@polyu.edu.hk

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Dr SZETO Pui Yuk Grace

Dept of Rehab Sciences The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

85227666706

grace.szeto@polyu.edu.hk

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

A study to compare the “Ergomotor” Intervention Program to conventional physiotherapy treatment in managing work-related neck-shoulder disorders: A randomized controlled trial

A study to compare the “Ergomotor” Intervention Program to conventional physiotherapy treatment in managing work-related neck-shoulder disorders: A randomized controlled trial

測試結合人體工學及運動控制的療法 - 對職業性頸肩痛症的影響

NA

Hong Kong

Yes

2013-04-05

work-related musculoskeletal disorders

Other

Physiotherapy

The study investigates the effectiveness of a new approach combining motor control training and ergonomic interventions, in comparison to the conventional physiotherapy treatment which is more focused on symptom relief.

12 weeks for each group

Ergomotor Intervention compared to conventional physiotherapy. Duration is 12 weeks for each type of intervention.

. Inclusion criteria involves a presence of chronic musculoskeletal pain of a “soft-tissue” nature for at least 1 month in the neck-shoulder region from initial onset, without any traumatic injury such as laceration or fracture.
Subject must affirm that the pain is related or aggravated by work activities. The level of pain must be more than 2/10 in a numerical rating scale of 0-10 with 10 being extreme pain.

There must be no or only slight degenerative changes demonstrated on x-rays and/or MRI, no serious pathology nor any known neurological deficits or dysfunctions

18

50

Both Male and Female

Interventional

Randomized

Active

Single-blind

Parallel

2013-06-01

100

Recruiting

Primary outcome is measured pre- and post-intervention. They include:
1. Subjective measures - pain scores and functional outcome measure scores. Pain score is measured as Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) of 0-10.
2. Functional outcome measure -include the NDI and the DASH total scores.

Seconary outcomes: 1. EMG amplitudes of neck muscles – amplitude ratios of muscles during functional tasks.
2. Work status and disability claims. The subject’s ability to perform his/her work on a full-time basis (at his/her pre-morbid capacity) is considered as the work status. 3. Cost-effectiveness is evaluated by comparing the healthcare costs of conventional physiotherapy treatment program to the cost of ergomotor training program.

No

2016-09-12

ChiCTR-TCS-13003219

2013-05-16


Yes

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