A workplace exercise versus health promotion intervention to prevent and reduce the economic and personal burden of non-specific neck pain in office personnel : a cluster randomized controlled trial

Johnston, Venerina; O'Leary, Sean; Comans, Tracy; Straker, Leon; Melloh, Markus; Khan, Asad; Sjøgaard, Gisela

doi:10.21256/zhaw-4104

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Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	A workplace exercise versus health promotion intervention to prevent and reduce the economic and personal burden of non-specific neck pain in office personnel : a cluster randomized controlled trial
Authors:	Johnston, Venerina O'Leary, Sean Comans, Tracy Straker, Leon Melloh, Markus Khan, Asad Sjøgaard, Gisela
DOI:	10.21256/zhaw-4104 10.1016/j.jphys.2014.08.007
Published in:	Journal of Physiotherapy
Volume(Issue):	60
Issue:	4
Page(s):	233
Issue Date:	2014
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Elsevier
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Amsterdam
ISSN:	1836-9553
Language:	English
Subject (DDC):	617.5: Orthopaedic surgery 658.3: Human resource management
Abstract:	Introduction: Non-specific neck pain is a major burden to industry, yet the impact of introducing a workplace ergonomics and exercise intervention on work productivity and severity of neck pain in a population of office personnel is unknown. Research question: Does a combined workplace-based best practice ergonomic and neck exercise program reduce productivity losses and risk of developing neck pain in asymptomatic workers, or decrease severity of neck pain in symptomatic workers, compared to a best practice ergonomic and general health promotion program? Design: Prospective cluster randomised controlled trial. Participants and setting: Office personnel aged over 18 years, and who work > 30 hours/week. Intervention: Individualised best practice ergonomic intervention plus 3 × 20 minute weekly, progressive neck/shoulder girdle exercise group sessions for 12 weeks. Control: Individualised best practice ergonomic intervention plus 1-hour weekly health information sessions for 12 weeks. Measurements: Primary (productivity loss) and secondary (neck pain and disability, muscle performance, and quality of life) outcome measures will be collected using validated scales at baseline, immediate post-intervention and 12 months after commencement. Procedure: 640 volunteering office personnel will be randomly allocated to either an intervention or control arm in work group clusters. Analysis: Analysis will be on an ‘intent-to-treat’ basis and per protocol. Multilevel, generalised linear models will be used to examine the effect of the intervention on reducing the productivity loss in dollar units (AUD), and severity of neck pain and disability. Discussion: The findings of this study will have a direct impact on policies that underpin the prevention and management of neck pain in office personnel.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/2596
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Departement:	School of Health Sciences
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Public Health (IPH)
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Johnston, V., O’Leary, S., Comans, T., Straker, L., Melloh, M., Khan, A., & Sjøgaard, G. (2014). A workplace exercise versus health promotion intervention to prevent and reduce the economic and personal burden of non-specific neck pain in office personnel : a cluster randomized controlled trial. Journal of Physiotherapy, 60(4), 233. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4104

Johnston, V. et al. (2014) ‘A workplace exercise versus health promotion intervention to prevent and reduce the economic and personal burden of non-specific neck pain in office personnel : a cluster randomized controlled trial’, Journal of Physiotherapy, 60(4), p. 233. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4104.

V. Johnston et al., “A workplace exercise versus health promotion intervention to prevent and reduce the economic and personal burden of non-specific neck pain in office personnel : a cluster randomized controlled trial,” Journal of Physiotherapy, vol. 60, no. 4, p. 233, 2014, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4104.

JOHNSTON, Venerina, Sean O’LEARY, Tracy COMANS, Leon STRAKER, Markus MELLOH, Asad KHAN und Gisela SJØGAARD, 2014. A workplace exercise versus health promotion intervention to prevent and reduce the economic and personal burden of non-specific neck pain in office personnel : a cluster randomized controlled trial. Journal of Physiotherapy. 2014. Bd. 60, Nr. 4, S. 233. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-4104

Johnston, Venerina, Sean O’Leary, Tracy Comans, Leon Straker, Markus Melloh, Asad Khan, and Gisela Sjøgaard. 2014. “A Workplace Exercise versus Health Promotion Intervention to Prevent and Reduce the Economic and Personal Burden of Non-Specific Neck Pain in Office Personnel : A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.” Journal of Physiotherapy 60 (4): 233. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4104.

Johnston, Venerina, et al. “A Workplace Exercise versus Health Promotion Intervention to Prevent and Reduce the Economic and Personal Burden of Non-Specific Neck Pain in Office Personnel : A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.” Journal of Physiotherapy, vol. 60, no. 4, 2014, p. 233, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4104.