Effect of Yoga@Work Program

Effectiveness of Yoga@Work Program on Neck and Shoulder Pain in Information Technology (IT) Employees

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03840304

Enrollment

132

Registered

2019-02-15

Start date

2018-07-12

Completion date

2019-01-28

Last updated

2019-02-21

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Conditions

Musculoskeletal Pain, Neck Pain, Shoulder Pain

Brief summary

Employees working in IT industry are prone to develop musculoskeletal pain,specifically back, neck and shoulder pain. This study evaluates the effectiveness of work-site yoga intervention, Yoga@work on neck and shoulder pain in IT employees.

Interventions

OTHERYoga@work

Each session included warm-up practices(for the large joints, spine, and extremities), Physical postures (Asana), breathing exercises (pranayama) and supine meditation/relaxation (savasana).

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 50 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* IT companies employee * Full time employment * Neck and Shoulder Pain * pain of at least 3 months duration * able to comply with intervention schedule

Exclusion criteria

* Pregnancy * Refuse to give informed consent * spinal fracture * recent cervical spine or shoulder surgery * recent (3 months) chemotherapy/radiotherapy/ intervention

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Visual analogue scale for pain	change from baseline to 8 weeks	100-mm visual analog scale (VAS), horizontal line ranging from 0mm (no pain) to 100mm (worst imaginable pain).

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Neck disability index (NDI)	Change from baseline to 8-weeks	The NDI is a standard instrument for measuring self-rated disability due to neck pain.10-item, 50-point index; each of the 10 items is scored from 0 - 5. Higher points represent worse pain
Shoulder pain disability index	Change from baseline to 8-weeks	The SPADI is a 13-item patient completed instrument. Its categories include pain (5 items) and disability (8 items), overall total scores range from 0 to 130. Higher score represent worse disability

Countries

India

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026