TY - JOUR
T1 - Effectiveness of an application-based neck exercise as a pain management tool for office workers with chronic neck pain and functional disability
T2 - A pilot randomized trial
AU - Lee, Jae Hyuk
AU - Lee, Min Young
AU - Lim, Tae Hyun
AU - Kim, Tae Yeong
AU - Kim, Seung Min
AU - Suh, Dong Won
AU - Lee, Sang Heon
AU - Yoon, Bum Chul
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - Introduction Chronic neck pain in office workers is a prevalent occupational disorder. Recently, smartphone applications (apps) have increased rapidly, and provide the benefits in terms of accessibility to health information. The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of an app-based exercise in office workers on pain intensity, functional disability, exercise adherence, muscle strength, quality of life and fear-avoidance. Methods 20 office workers participated in the study excluding one drop-out. The app-based exercise group (n = 11) conducted neck exercise through the mobile app in the workplace environment for at least 10–15 min/day, 2 days/week for 8 weeks while the control group (n = 9) received a brochure showing how to correct their posture themselves during the same period. Evaluations using the following were performed at baseline and after 8 weeks: the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), for pain intensity; Neck Disability Index (NDI), for functional disability; level of exercise adherence; maximal voluntary flexion/extension strength (MVFS/MVES); 36-Item Short-Form Healthy Survey (SF-36), for quality of life; and Fear-Avoidance Belief Questionnaire (FABQ). Results Within the app-based exercise group, the VAS (P = 0.003) and NDI (P = 0.005) improved significantly after the app-based neck exercise. MVES (P = 0.013), physical component summary (P = 0.02) of the SF-36, and the work-related subscale (P = 0.011) in the FABQ improved significantly. The level of exercise adherence was high. In VAS and NDI, there were statistically significant differences in the amounts of improvement between the groups. Conclusion An app-based neck exercise positively effects pain intensity, functional disability and partially improves muscle strength, SF-36 score, and FABQ score.
AB - Introduction Chronic neck pain in office workers is a prevalent occupational disorder. Recently, smartphone applications (apps) have increased rapidly, and provide the benefits in terms of accessibility to health information. The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of an app-based exercise in office workers on pain intensity, functional disability, exercise adherence, muscle strength, quality of life and fear-avoidance. Methods 20 office workers participated in the study excluding one drop-out. The app-based exercise group (n = 11) conducted neck exercise through the mobile app in the workplace environment for at least 10–15 min/day, 2 days/week for 8 weeks while the control group (n = 9) received a brochure showing how to correct their posture themselves during the same period. Evaluations using the following were performed at baseline and after 8 weeks: the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), for pain intensity; Neck Disability Index (NDI), for functional disability; level of exercise adherence; maximal voluntary flexion/extension strength (MVFS/MVES); 36-Item Short-Form Healthy Survey (SF-36), for quality of life; and Fear-Avoidance Belief Questionnaire (FABQ). Results Within the app-based exercise group, the VAS (P = 0.003) and NDI (P = 0.005) improved significantly after the app-based neck exercise. MVES (P = 0.013), physical component summary (P = 0.02) of the SF-36, and the work-related subscale (P = 0.011) in the FABQ improved significantly. The level of exercise adherence was high. In VAS and NDI, there were statistically significant differences in the amounts of improvement between the groups. Conclusion An app-based neck exercise positively effects pain intensity, functional disability and partially improves muscle strength, SF-36 score, and FABQ score.
KW - Application-based exercise
KW - McKenzie approach
KW - Neck pain
KW - Pain management
KW - Randomized controlled trial
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eujim.2017.04.012
DO - 10.1016/j.eujim.2017.04.012
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85019144623
VL - 12
SP - 87
EP - 92
JO - European Journal of Integrative Medicine
JF - European Journal of Integrative Medicine
SN - 1876-3820
ER -