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Implementation of Physical Exercise at the Workplace (IRMA06) - Slaughterhouse Workers

NCT01671267 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2014-01-28

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Summary

The prevalence of pain in the shoulder, arm and hand is high among slaughterhouse workers, allegedly due to the substantial load of these body regions during work. Work disability is a common consequence of these pains. Lowering the physical exposure through ergonomic intervention may be a strategy to reduce the workload. An alternative strategy could be to increase the physical capacity through strength training of the shoulder-, arm- and hand-muscles. This study investigates the effect of two contrasting interventions, i.e. load reduction (ergonomic intervention) versus training of physical capacity (strength training) on pain and work disability in slaughterhouse workers.

The main hypothesis is that strength training intervention for 10 weeks compared with ergonomic intervention results in reduced pain of the shoulder, arm and hand.

Conditions

  • Musculoskeletal Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Strength training

BEHAVIORAL

Ergonomic

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark

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Principal Investigators

  • Lars L Andersen, PhD · National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
67 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-08-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2013-02-28

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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