The Effectiveness Yoga@Work Among Office Workers With Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain (CNNP)

NMP Medical Research Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain

Treatments: Other: Yoga

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04113460

NMP/32491

Details and patient eligibility

About

Chronic nonspecific neck pain (CNNP) is a public health issues with a 50% life prevalence. CNNP is a leading cause of disability which contributes to higher costs due to loss of productivity, disability, and increased absenteeism from work. Yoga has been found effective managing neck pain but there has been no study at work setting for chronic non-specific neck pain.

To determine the effectiveness of Yoga@work program for chronic non specific neck pain among office workers, present randomised controlled trial was undertaken.

Enrollment: 84 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants who gave written informed consent
• Having neck pain for more than 3 month

Exclusion criteria

• Systematic disorder
• Neck or spine injuries
• Recent surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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84 participants in 2 patient groups

Yoga Group

Experimental group

Description:

The yoga group received the 8-week yoga sessions at work setting once a week by trained teacher followed by self practices.

Treatment:

Other: Yoga

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants had one introductory session on proper physical position and stretching exercises to be practiced daily during work.