Neck Pain in Danish Military Pilots and Flight Crew

University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neck Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00812903

S-20090005

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of neck and shoulder pain in Danish fighter pilots, helicopter pilots and helicopter flight crew and to evaluate the effect of a 24 weeks exercise intervention for fighter pilots.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Military fighter and helicopter pilots and crew
• Active flying 2006 or later

Exclusion criteria

• Pilots and crew not active since 2005 or earlier
• Pilots and crew with other nationality than Danish

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group

Exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise