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CTRI Number  CTRI/2021/09/036372 [Registered on: 09/09/2021] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 02/08/2022
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Physiotherapy (Not Including YOGA) 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group Trial 
Public Title of Study   Effects of exercises on pain, disability and job satisfaction on neck pain in desk job employees working from home. 
Scientific Title of Study   Effects of exercise intervention on pain, disability and job satisfaction on mechanical neck pain in desk job employees working from home: A randomised control trial 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Gowda Suyogini Manjappa 
Designation  Post Graduate Student- Masters in Community Physiotherapy 
Affiliation  Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy 
Address  Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy department, 1st floor, 1st cabin, thube park, shivajinagar, Pune.

Pune
MAHARASHTRA
411005
India 
Phone  8369794441  
Fax    
Email  akshatagowda96@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Suroshree Mitra 
Designation  Associate Professor, Department of Community Physiotherapy 
Affiliation  Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy 
Address  Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy department, 1st floor, 1st cabin, Thube park, shivajinagar, Pune.

Pune
MAHARASHTRA
411005
India 
Phone  8087715596  
Fax    
Email  drsurmitra@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Suroshree Mitra 
Designation  Associate Professor, Department of Community Physiotherapy 
Affiliation  Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy 
Address  Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy department, 1st floor, 1st cabin, Thube park, shivajinagar, Pune.

Pune
MAHARASHTRA
411005
India 
Phone  8087715596  
Fax    
Email  drsurmitra@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
NIL 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy 
Address  Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy,Thube Park, shivajinagar, Pune. 
Type of Sponsor  Private medical college 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Suyogini Gowda  Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy  Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, physiotherapy department, 1st floor, 1st cabin, Thube park, shivajinagar, Pune.
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
8369794441

akshatagowda96@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional Ethics Committee Sancheti Institute for Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Pune  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: M709||Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Education program (control)  Educational pamphlet 
Intervention  Exercise Intervention  40 minutes a day, 3 days a week, 4 weeks 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  20.00 Year(s)
Age To  55.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Employees working from home from last 6 months, use of computers/laptop, working minimum 5hours/day, employees with mechanical neck pain for more than 3 months, provoked pain on following two test: (1) single movement of active flexion of neck or extension with retraction of neck, and (2) sustained flexion, extension with retraction or rotation of the neck for a maximum of 2 minutes.
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Employees suffering from musculoskeletal related condition such as RA (Rheumatoid arthritis) and other connective tissue disorders, having cervical fracture, having previous surgery of upper limb in last 6 months, abnormal neurological signs.  
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   An Open list of random numbers 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Orebro musculoskeletal pain questionnaire, Neck disability index  Baseline and 4th week  
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Fear avoidance belief questionnaire, Utrecht work engagement scale.  Baseline and 4th week 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="80"
Sample Size from India="80" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "80"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="80" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   17/09/2021 
Date of Study Completion (India) Date Missing 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) 23/07/2022 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   Nil 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary
Modification(s)  
The purpose of this research study is to examine the impact of exercise on mechanical neck pain, the level of disability associated with it and job satisfaction in desk job employees  using computers/laptops working from home. This may help understand the benefits of the exercises on mechanical neck pain for the employees while working from home. 
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