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A Randomised Clinical Trial to evaluate the effects of a new treatment of chronic neck-shoulder pain in WMSd patients- Ambulant Myofeedback training.

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Ethical review
Positive opinion
Status
Recruitment stopped
Health condition type
-
Study type
Interventional

ID

NL-OMON23790

Source

NTR

Brief title

RCT Mfb

Sponsors and support

Primary sponsor :
The study was performed within the European NEW project
Source(s) of monetary or material Support :
Stichting st. Hubertus; European funding NEW project

Intervention

Outcome measures

Primary outcome

Pain intensity and disability.

Secondary outcome

1. Health-related quality of life;

2. Muscle activation patterns;

3. Psychosocial characteristics.

Background summary

This study investigates the effects of ambulant myofeedback training in patients with work-related neck-shoulder complaints on pain intensity, disability, and muscle activation patterns.
It also evaluates the effect of psychosocial characteristics of the subject related to outcome after treatment.

Study objective

It is hypothesised that 4 weeks of ambulant myofeedback training is more effective in reducing pain intensity, disability, and normalising muscle activation patterns compared to traditional treatment of WMSd in the neck-shoulder regionm e,g, ergonomic counseling.

Study design

N/A

Intervention

1. 4 weeks ambulant myofeedback training is intervention;

2. Contol group receives traditional ergonomic counselling.

Public
Roessingh Research and Development, Roessinghsbleekweg 33b
Gerlienke Voerman
Roessinghsbleekweg 33b
Enschede 7752 AH
The Netherlands
+31 (0)53 4875728
g.voerman@rrd.nl
Scientific
Roessingh Research and Development, Roessinghsbleekweg 33b
Gerlienke Voerman
Roessinghsbleekweg 33b
Enschede 7752 AH
The Netherlands
+31 (0)53 4875728
g.voerman@rrd.nl

Inclusion criteria

1. Elderly female subjects;

2. Above the age of 35 years;

3. Performing predominantly computer work;

4. Reporting compaints in the neck and / or shoulder region for at least 30 days during the last year including the last 7 days;

5. Subjectively relating complaints to (computer) work.

Exclusion criteria

1. Severe cervical arthrosis;

2. Other disorders in neck-shoulder region not related to WMSD;

3. More than three body areas in which pain is reported;

4. Colour blindness;

5. Latex allergy;

6. Use of muscle relaxants.

Design

Study type :
Interventional
Intervention model
:
Parallel
Allocation :
Randomized controlled trial
Masking :
Open (masking not used)
Control :
Active

Recruitment

NL
Recruitment status
:
Recruitment stopped
Start date (anticipated) :
Enrollment :
75
Type :
Actual

Positive opinion
Date :
Application type :
First submission

Followed up by the following (possibly more current) registration

No registrations found.

Other (possibly less up-to-date) registrations in this register

No registrations found.

In other registers

Register ID
NTR-new NL453
NTR-old NTR493
Other : 001
ISRCTN ISRCTN54287166

Summary results

J Occup Rehabil. 2007 Mar;17(1):137-52.