NCT06689722

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

Investigation of the Effectiveness of Chiropractic Treatment Applied Together With Ergonomics Education in Factory Workers With Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Randomized Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: Uskudar University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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

Interventions

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

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-15
• Primary completion: 2024-12-25
• Completion: 2025-01-02
• First posted: 2024-11-14
• Last updated: 2025-01-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)