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Workplace Exercise Therapy With or Without Manual Therapy in Chronic Spinal Pain

Spain60 participantsStarted 2025-09-29

Plain-language summary

Implementing workplace strategies to manage symptoms in office workers with chronic nonspecific spinal pain (CNSP) may improve both health- and work-related outcomes, as adherence to these interventions is more feasible in this context. Exercise therapy is considered the first-line treatment for CNSP; however, the added value of combining exercise therapy with manual therapy remains inconclusive. This study aims to examine the effects of short sessions of exercise therapy plus manual therapy, compared with exercise therapy plus sham manual therapy, delivered in the workplace, on health- and work-related outcomes in office workers with CNSP.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Administrative professionals engaged in sedentary desk-based work utilizing visual display terminals (VDTs) for data processing and information management from the UCAM University * Chronic nonspecific spinal pain defined as pain (≥4/10 on a numeric rating scale) persisting for at least the past 3 months and/or present on ≥50% of days during the previous 6 months * The anatomical region of pain is defined from the occipital area to the gluteal folds Exclusion Criteria: * Participants with diagnosed conditions causing back pain, such as ankylosing spondylitis, infections, or other specific causes, including vertebral fractures * Participants currently receiving any rehabilitative or pharmacological treatment for back pain during the 3 weeks prior to study enrollment * Participants diagnosed with medical conditions that would prevent them from safely performing therapeutic exercise without medical supervision * Participants who answer "Yes" to one or more questions on the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Everyone (PAR-Q+), indicating potential contraindications to physical activity, unless cleared by a healthcare provider

What they're measuring

Work productivity and pain-related activity impairment (WPAI: Pain)

Timeframe: At baseline, 8 weeks (end of treatment), 3 months, and 6 months post-treatment

Pain intensity (Numeric Rating Scale)

Timeframe: At baseline, 8 weeks (end of treatment), 3 months, and 6 months post-treatment

Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC)

Timeframe: At 8 weeks (end of treatment), 3 months, and 6 months post-treatment

Neck Disability Index (NDI)

Timeframe: At baseline, 8 weeks (end of treatment), 3 months, and 6 months post-treatment

Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)

Timeframe: At baseline, 8 weeks (end of treatment), 3 months, and 6 months post-treatment

Adverse events

Timeframe: During the 8 weeks of interventions.

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07251959

SponsorCatholic University of Murcia

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-10

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Plain-language summary

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

See this in plain English?

AI-rewrites the medical criteria so a patient or caregiver can understand them. Always confirm with the trial site.

What they're measuring

Work productivity and pain-related activity impairment (WPAI: Pain)

Timeframe: At baseline, 8 weeks (end of treatment), 3 months, and 6 months post-treatment

Pain intensity (Numeric Rating Scale)

Timeframe: At baseline, 8 weeks (end of treatment), 3 months, and 6 months post-treatment

Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC)

Timeframe: At 8 weeks (end of treatment), 3 months, and 6 months post-treatment

Neck Disability Index (NDI)

Timeframe: At baseline, 8 weeks (end of treatment), 3 months, and 6 months post-treatment

Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)

Timeframe: At baseline, 8 weeks (end of treatment), 3 months, and 6 months post-treatment

Adverse events

Timeframe: During the 8 weeks of interventions.