Workplace Exercise Therapy With or Without Manual Therapy in Chronic Spinal Pain
Enrolling by invitationNot applicableNCT07251959
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Implementing workplace strategies to manage symptoms in office workers with chronic nonspecific spinal pain (CNSP) may improve both health- and work-related outcomes, as adherence to these interventions is more feasible in this context. Exercise therapy is considered the first-line treatment for CNSP; however, the added value of combining exercise therapy with manual therapy remains inconclusive. This study aims to examine the effects of short sessions of exercise therapy plus manual therapy, compared with exercise therapy plus sham manual therapy, delivered in the workplace, on health- and work-related outcomes in office workers with CNSP.
Study details
- Official title
- Impact of Short Sessions of Exercise Therapy Plus Manual Therapy at Work on Health- and Work-related Outcomes in Office Workers With Chronic Nonspecific Spinal Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Exercise therapy
- Procedure: Manual Therapy
- Procedure: Sham Manual Therapy
- Sponsor
- Catholic University of Murcia
- Start date
- 2025-09-29
- Primary completion
- 2027-06
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Spain
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Administrative professionals engaged in sedentary desk-based work utilizing visual display terminals (VDTs) for data processing and information management from the UCAM University * Chronic nonspecific spinal pain defined as pain (≥4/10 on a numeric rating scale) persisting for at least the past 3 months and/or present on ≥50% of days during the previous 6 months * The anatomical region of pain is defined from the occipital area to the gluteal folds Exclusion Criteria: * Participants with diagnosed conditions causing back pain, such as ankylosing spondylitis, infections, or other specific causes, including vertebral fractures * Participants currently receiving any rehabilitative or pharmacological treatment for back pain during the 3 weeks prior to study enrollment * Participants diagnosed with medical conditions that would prevent them from safely performing therapeutic exercise without medical supervision * Participants who answer "Yes" to one or more questions on the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Everyone (PAR-Q+), indicating potential contraindications to physical activity, unless cleared by a healthcare provider
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07251959