Stretching and Musculoskeletal Pain

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Musculoskeletal Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Stretching

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04617379

20-003714

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess whether a daily, 15-minute stretching routine for one year reduces musculoskeletal pain and improves quality of life in personnel working in the radiology and cardiology departments at Mayo Clinics and Mayo Clinic Health System sites.

Enrollment: 190 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• A 15-minute daily stretching program will be implemented for 1 year.
• Personnel working in the departments of Cardiology and Radiology at Mayo Rochester, - Mayo Scottsdale, and Mayo Jacksonville and Mayo Clinic Health System.
• Willing to complete standardized questionnaires (DASH, ODI) to assess work-related pain at baseline and at 1 year.
• Employees who respond to questionnaires at baseline and 1 year but don't participate in the stretching exercises will be controls for the study.
• Willing and able to provide written, informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy.
• Inability to participate in the stretching exercises for any reason.
• Preexisting musculoskeletal problems that has required employees to seek active medical or orthopedic treatment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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190 participants in 2 patient groups

Active Treatment Group

Experimental group

Description:

15 minutes daily stretch for 1 year

Treatment:

Behavioral: Stretching

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

No stretches