Effectiveness of Yoga@Work to Reduce Head and Muscle Pain in Office Workers

• Sponsor: Aarogyam UK (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT04313491
• Collaborator: Brunel University (Other)
• Enrollment: 38
• Location: 1
• Arm: 1
• Actual Duration (Months): 5.8
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 6.5

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a workplace yoga intervention in reducing the frequency of pain involving the head and neck area.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Headache; Cervical Pain; Musculoskeletal Pain	Other: Yoga	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 38 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Official Title: Effectiveness of Yoga@Work to Reduce Head and Muscle Pain in Office Workers: Quasi Experimental Study
• Actual Study Start Date: Feb 16, 2019
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Jun 30, 2019
• Actual Study Completion Date: Aug 12, 2019

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Yoga@Work	Other: Yoga; Relaxation yoga exercises, yoga breathing, yoga sound and imagery practices

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Frequency of headache, neck and shoulder pain [From baseline to 6-week post intervention]

   Pain Journal assessed the number of days with headache, neck and shoulder pain

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Severity of head, neck and shoulder pain [From baseline to 6-week post intervention]

   Visual Analogue Scale was used to assess the severity of pain with 0 to 10 scale; 0 describe no pain and 10 worst pain.

2. Analgesics use [From baseline to 6-week post intervention]

   Daily pain journal was used to assess analgesics use

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 60 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• Office workers

• Willing to participate an give consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Secondary headache

• Neck injury

• Trauma

• Critically ill

• Cognitive impairment

• Pregnancy

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Yog Kulam	London		United Kingdom

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Aarogyam UK
• Brunel University

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Neha Sharma, PhD, Aarogyam UK
• Study Director: Jaydeep Joshi, BAMS, Aarogyam UK
• Study Chair: Monomita Nandy, Brunel University

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Aarogyam UK
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04313491
• Other Study ID Numbers: AU04
• First Posted: Mar 18, 2020
• Last Update Posted: Mar 20, 2020
• Last Verified: Mar 1, 2020

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: Undecided
• Plan to Share IPD: Undecided
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Musculoskeletal Pain; Myalgia; Headache; Neck Pain

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Mar 20, 2020