NCT06346249

Workplace Based Physiotherapy of Elderly-care Workers With Non-specific Neck Pain.

Workplace Based Physiotherapy of Elderly-care Workers With Non-specific Neck Pain: a Five Week Intervention With a One Month Follow-up Study.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Extremadura · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The overall objective of this study is to determine the efficacy of a physical therapy intervention based on manual therapy, therapeutic exercise and application of electrotherapy in healthcare workers with non-specific neck pain.

Detailed description

The subjects included in the sample will be evaluated according to the aforementioned parameters by researchers trained and assigned for this purpose. The data collection of the different variables will be performed before and after the completion of the program designed for the study. The physiotherapy intervention for the experimental group will have a duration of 10 sessions, twice a week.

Conditions

• Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Electrical Stimulation Therapy	Ten Electrical Stimulation Therapy sessions lasting 30 minutes were carried out. Analgesic currents of the TENS type, placed in the cervical region.
OTHER	Manual Therapy	Manual Therapy consistin of soft tissue mobilization and release techniques over the neck and craniocervical regions. Ten sessions.
OTHER	Exercise Therapeutic	The exercise therapeutic program consisting of neck movement control and stretching exercise. Ten sessions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-03-04
• Primary completion: 2024-05-30
• Completion: 2024-05-31
• First posted: 2024-04-04
• Last updated: 2025-05-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain