Neck Pain, Shoulder Pain
Conditions
Keywords
Surgeon
Brief summary
The physical demands of surgery are in many ways similar to those of high-performance athletes. No professional athlete would consider performing without careful attention to strengthening and physical preparedness, yet surgeons routinely place rigorous demands on their bodies without any training plan specific to their work demands. A series of exercises were developed to help stretch and strengthen the key core muscles to support surgeons during operating to prevent neck pain. This study hypothesizes that Neck pain discomfort will decrease following an 8-week intervention program compared to baseline reported scores.
Detailed description
Participant will be asked to fill out a series 5 questionnaires at beginning of the study, end of the 8-week intervention and 1 month later to determine how the exercise program affected their general health, neck pain, and function. 1. Demographic information about their age, height, weight, sex, surgical experience, surgical frequency, level of pain, and exercise frequency and types. (21 items) 2. A questionnaire about neck pain (10 items) 3. A questionnaire about how pain interferes with their life (8 items) 4. A questionnaire about general health (10 items) 5. A questionnaire about how much the participant typically exercise. (4 items) All these questionnaires can be completed on a computer or tablet and the data will be stored on a secure site (RedCap). This should be completed in approximately 20 minutes at each assessment. Next participants will be instructed how to perform a series of 4 exercises described in the intervention Every week the participant will be sent a 3-item questionnaire to report their level of pain, surgical burden, and exercise compliance for the week. There are only 3 multiple choice questions which should take approximately 1 minute to complete per week.
Interventions
OTHERExercise
Participants will be trained, by a physical therapist, to perform a set of four daily exercises requiring 1 sets of 2 minutes for each exercise totaling 8 minutes of targeted exercise per day for 8 weeks of the intervention. These exercises will be progressed or modified every 2-4 weeks to assure the participant is receiving maximal benefit for their exercise intervention.
Sponsors
Timothy Uhl
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Repeated Measure
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* must be an actively operating surgeon either faculty, fellow, or resident. * Must report at least 4 out of 10 with pain at worst over the previous week at intake that is attributed to operating.
Exclusion criteria
* Participants will be excluded if they have prior neck or upper back surgery within the last year. * If the participant has any other medical condition that would prevent the participant from performing shoulder and neck strengthening and stretching exercises.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Neck Disability Index | Baseline, at end of 8 weeks of intervention | The Neck Disability Index is 10 items, with each item consisting of likert type scale ranging from 0-4 with a lower score indicating less disability. The 10 items are summed for a total of potential 50 points which is then normalized to 100% scale by multiplying by 2. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Worse Neck Pain | Baseline, at end of 8 weeks of intervention | Numeric pain rating scale of worse pain for the week in the neck. Scale ranges from 0=no pain to 10=worst pain imaginable |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed