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Surgeons Can Avoid Lasting Pain Through Exercise Literacy

NCT05175443 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 41

Last updated 2023-01-25

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

  • Neck Pain
  • Shoulder Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise

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 & Collaborators

  • Timothy Uhl

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tim L Uhl, PhD · University of Kentucky

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-04-08
Primary Completion
2022-12-31
Completion
2022-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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