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to find out the effect of intervention like posture modification, work area comfort modification, and simple exercise to be done at work place to avoid fatigue, on laboratory professionals having work related musculoskeletal symptoms like neck pain, back pain, hand and wrist pain etc.

Prevalence of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorder and Effect of Structured Ergonomic Intervention on Upper Quadrant Function and QOL among Medical Laboratory Professionals

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2012/04/002578
Enrollment
220
Registered
2012-04-17
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: ergonomic intervention: which includes feasible workstation modification or adjustment, task modification , postural correction and some workstation exercise Control Intervention1: this

Sponsors

NIL
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All the laboratory professionals (lab technicians, pathologists, microbiologists, biochemistry technologist etc.) that are in age group between 19 to 60 years having minimum experience of one year.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Ones who give history of unhealed fractures, recent dislocations, inflammatory arthritis, tumors, diagnosed psychiatric illness, recent traumatic soft tissue injuries, diagnosed disc lesion, Clients taking medication for the pain .

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
DASH scale and Neck disability index(NDI)Timepoint: DASH scale- 5 points scale hs two comopnents Neck disability index(NDI)- 10 sections 0-5 point value max score is 50—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
SF36Timepoint: it wiil be introduced at first contact time and at three months—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactParul Raj Agrawal

Manipal University

parulmahe@gmail.com8088613717

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026