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Trial reportJournal of occupational rehabilitation2014

Effect of scapular function training on chronic pain in the neck/shoulder region: a randomized controlled trial.

Christoffer H Andersen, Lars L Andersen, Mette K Zebis, Gisela Sjøgaard

Registry-linked trialOpen access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of occupational rehabilitation, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05392023 (Effects of Scapular Stabilization Program on Pain, Range of Motion and Disability in Patients With Chronic Non- Specific Neck Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 39 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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39citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05392023 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Scapular Stabilization Program on Pain, Range of Motion and Disability in Patients With Chronic Non- Specific Neck Pain

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2022 to 2023Enrolled28ConditionsNeck PainArmsRelaxation Exercises and Scapular Stabilization exercise program, Relaxation Exercises of cervico- scapular region
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Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 103 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christoffer H AndersenNational Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkalle 105, 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark, christoffer@fitogsund.dk.
Lars L Andersen
Mette K Zebis
Gisela Sjøgaard
National Research Centre for the Working Environment · DKUniversity of Southern Denmark · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeNeck and shoulder complaints are common among employees in occupations characterized by intensive computer use. Treatment has varied from passive rest to active treatments and active treatments have often been divided into either training of the painful area or the surrounding musculature avoiding direct training of the painful area. Our study investigates the effect of the latter approach. The purpose of this study was in a randomised controlled trial to investigate if intensive scapular function training (SFT)-in terms of training of the lower trapezius and the serratus anterior muscle while minimizing direct training of the upper trapezius-is effective in reducing pain in adults with chronic non-specific pain in the neck/shoulder region.

methods47 office workers with chronic non-specific pain in the neck/shoulder region were randomized to 10 weeks 3 × 20 min SFT with training supervision or to a control group. At baseline and at follow-up the participants were tested for maximum isometric shoulder strength by a blinded tester. Further, once a week participants reported pain intensity of the neck/shoulder during the previous week.

resultsIn intention-to-treat analysis neck- and shoulder pain decreased 2.0 (95 % CI 0.35; 3.64) in SFT compared with control group (p < 0.05). Pressure Pain Threshold (PPT) increased 129 kPa in the lower trapezius in SFT compared with the control group (p < 0.01). Shoulder elevation strength increased 7.7 kg in SFT compared with the control group (p < 0.01) with no change in shoulder protraction strength.

conclusionsSFT reduces pain intensity and increases shoulder elevation strength in adults with chronic non-specific pain in the neck/shoulder region. The magnitude of improvement in pain intensity was clinically relevant.

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Exercise TherapyAdultChronic PainFemaleHumansIntention to Treat AnalysisMaleMiddle AgedMuscle StrengthNeck PainOccupational DiseasesPain MeasurementPain ThresholdPatient ComplianceResistance TrainingSeverity of Illness Index

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PMID23832167
PMCPMC4000422
OpenAlexW1971097084

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