Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Ms Taís Di Mambro
ORCID ID
Contact details
Rua José Esteves de Oliveira 75/303
Juiz de Fora - Minas gerais
36021-710
Brazil
+55 (0)32 32367942
taisrdm@gmail.com
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Randomised and controlled study of the effect of ergonomics orientation and motor control exercises in patients with WRUED
Acronym
Study hypothesis
1. The treatment with motor control exercises and ergonomics orientation is better than the treatment with ergonomics orientation only.
2. The treatment with motor control exercises relieves the pain and improves the Work Ability Index (WAI) in patients with WRUED.
Ethics approval
The Committee of Ethics in Research in Human Beings of Propesq (UFJF) approve on the 27th of July 2009 (ref 130/2009)
Study design
Single centre randomised active controlled parallel group trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Work-related upper extremity disorders (WRUED)
Intervention
A group will receive ergonomics orientation and another will receive ergonomics orientation and motor control training for movement re-education. Both groups will be followed-up for 4 weeks and will be reassessed after 2 weeks as well as on the last day of follow-up so as to verify the effects of the ergonomics orientation an of the ergonomics orientation plus the motor control training in terms of pain, movements and work ability. The ergonomics orientation and motor control training group will do personalised therapeutic exercises aiming to increase strength, muscular length and motor control, according to the diagnosis of imperfect movements.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Pain, assessed through the Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS)
Secondary outcome measures
Work Ability Index validated in Brazil
Overall trial start date
20/08/2010
Overall trial end date
20/04/2011
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Patients, either sex, aged between 20 and 55, with specific or non specific WRUED who complain about pain in the cervical area, shoulders, elbow, forearm, wrist and hands and have difficulty to make work-related as well as daily life movements for at least 6 months.
2. Patients who have agreed to interrupt the traditional physiotherapeutic treatment and to participate in this study for 4 weeks.
3. Patients who have painless movement in at least 60% of the normal range of movement of the glenohumeral joint for flexion and rotation.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
60
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Patients in the acute stage, which is defined by flogistic signs and limitation of the range of movement in the initial angles due to pain.
2. Patients submitted to surgery due to WRUED.
3. Patients with established diagnosis of the following:
3.1. Cervical discopathies
3.2. Neurological diseases
3.3. Fibromyalgia and rheumatic diseases
3.4. Cancer
3.5. Severe psychiatric disease
3.6. Pregnancy
3.7. Hypermobility syndrome
Recruitment start date
20/08/2010
Recruitment end date
20/04/2011
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Trial participating centre
Rua José Esteves de Oliveira 75/303
Juiz de Fora - Minas gerais
36021-710
Brazil
Sponsor information
Organisation
Federal University of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)
Sponsor details
c/o Taís Resende Di Mambro
Rua José Esteves de Oliveira 75/303
Juiz de Fora - Minas gerais
36021-710
Brazil
+55 (0)32 32367942
taisrdm@gmail.com
Sponsor type
University/education
Website
Funders
Funder type
University/education
Funder name
Federal University of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list