Effects of Specified Work Site Physical Activity Intervention Among Employees With Physical Heavy Work - Full Text View

Sponsor:	Bibi Gram
Information provided by (Responsible Party):	Bibi Gram, University of Southern Denmark
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT01007669

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of specified worksite physical-activity interventions on musculoskeletal disorders in an industry with physical heavy workload.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Musculoskeletal Diseases	Behavioral: Physical activity and Health check Behavioral: Health check only	Phase 1

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Basic Science
Official Title:	Effects of Specified Work Site Physical Activity Intervention on Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Employees With Physical Heavy Work

Further study details as provided by University of Southern Denmark:

Primary Outcome Measures:

muscle strength [ Time Frame: 3 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Aerobic capacity [ Time Frame: 3 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Questionnaire [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Health Check [ Time Frame: 3 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment:	120
Study Start Date:	August 2009
Estimated Study Completion Date:	September 2011
Primary Completion Date:	December 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Reference Health check only	Behavioral: Health check only Health check
Experimental: Intervention Physical activity and Health check	Behavioral: Physical activity and Health check Strength training, aerobic capacity training.

Detailed Description:

Studies regarding company adjusted intervention have shown positive effects regarding work related neck and shoulder symptoms among workers with monotonous repetitive work. However, limited research is available on physical exercise intervention among workers with physically heavy work. This study introduces a new intervention concept to treat and prevent musculoskeletal disorders including individually and health check based exercise intervention.

The aim of this randomized controlled intervention project is

Through Health check to outline the extent musculoskeletal disability in workers with heavy work load in relation to physical and metabolic fitness. Includes is also assessment of physical general activity and working conditions.
To evaluate the effect of individual adjusted exercise programs on muscle strength, aerobic capacity, musculoskeletal disability, pain, work ability and sick absenteeism

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years to 65 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Constructions workers, working for more than 20 hours pr week, Physical heavy work tasks (in Danish: brolæggere, rørlæggere, mekanikere)

Exclusion Criteria:

Workers with flexible job i.e. for people with a reduced ability to work

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01007669

Locations

Denmark
University of Southern Denmark
Odense, Denmark, DK-5230

Sponsors and Collaborators

Bibi Gram

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Bibi Gram, M.Sc.,PT

University of Southern Denmark

More Information

Additional Information:

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No publications provided by University of Southern Denmark

Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Holtermann A, Jørgensen MB, Gram B, Christensen JR, Faber A, Overgaard K, Ektor-Andersen J, Mortensen OS, Sjøgaard G, Søgaard K. Worksite interventions for preventing physical deterioration among employees in job-groups with high physical work demands: background, design and conceptual model of FINALE. BMC Public Health. 2010 Mar 9;10:120.

Responsible Party:	Bibi Gram, Ph.D student, University of Southern Denmark
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT01007669 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	s-20090058
Study First Received:	November 3, 2009
Last Updated:	August 23, 2011
Health Authority:	Denmark: Ethics Committee Denmark: Danish Dataprotection Agency

Keywords provided by University of Southern Denmark:

Physical activity

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Musculoskeletal Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 24, 2012