Team-based Ergonomics Educational Model for Workplace WELLNESS Improvement: A Pilot Study (TEEM WELLNESS)

Penn State Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: MSDs; Muscle Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: stretching exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03831737

11328 (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research is being done to explore the potential benefit of a physical therapist-guided stretching program on musculoskeletal pain and well-being.

Enrollment: 36 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• HMC/COM staff (faculty, residents, fellows, APPs, physical/occupational therapists, nurses, schedulers, etc.)
• At least 18 years old
• Willing and able to participate in all study procedures
• Willing and able to provide informed consent
• Group 2 subjects must have access to a computer with internet or an iPhone or Android smartphone

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects who do not meet all inclusion criteria will be excluded from the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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36 participants in 2 patient groups

Group 1: In-Person

Experimental group

Description:

During the initial 3 month control period, subjects are asked not to begin any new exercise or stretching program during this time. During the 3 month intervention period that follows, subjects will participate in in-person physical therapist-led instructional sessions three times per week. Each stretch will be performed twice, one on the left and one on the right. The therapist will describe what to do and briefly demonstrate each stretch. Stretches will be held for 45-60 seconds with therapist instructions and modification as needed based on subject technique.

Treatment:

Behavioral: stretching exercises

Group 2: Video

Experimental group

Description:

During the initial 3 month control period, subjects are asked not to begin any new exercise or stretching program during this time. During the 3 month intervention period that follows, subjects will complete sessions three times per week, led by a physical therapist and viewed remotely via pre-recorded video using a smartphone application.

Treatment:

Behavioral: stretching exercises