Cross-Disciplinary Workplace Intervention Strategy for Chronic Musculoskeletal Disorders

This study is currently recruiting participants.

Verified by Institut Universitaire Romand de Sante au Travail, November 2008

Sponsored by:	Institut Universitaire Romand de Sante au Travail
Information provided by:	Institut Universitaire Romand de Sante au Travail
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00369135

Purpose

Sickness absenteeism caused by MSDs is a persistent and expensive health challenge in all industrial countries including Switzerland. Despite much progress as to the cause and prevention of MSDs, they continue to be some of the most prevalent and challenging health problems with respect to the work-place and to socio-economic burden.

To improve the situation, several recent reviews recommended interventions based on the bio-psycho-social model. Work-hardening and industrial rehabilitation programs focused more on the in balance between physical and mental demands of work on one side and capacities of the individual on the other side. Therefore we propose to merge the two models into one. The result is an interdisciplinary intervention strategy witch includes work hardening, medical trainings, a cognitive behavioural approach and work place intervention.

Condition	Intervention
Back Pain Neck Pain Musculoskeletal Abnormalities	Procedure: combined intervention

MedlinePlus related topics: Back Pain Neck Injuries and Disorders

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind (Investigator), Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Cross-Disciplinary Workplace Intervention Strategy for Chronic Musculoskeletal Disorders

Further study details as provided by Institut Universitaire Romand de Sante au Travail:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Sick-day saving, work capacity, economic variables [ Time Frame: one year ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Functional performance, pain, general health, variables related to coping, believes, anxiety, depression [ Time Frame: one year ]

Estimated Enrollment:	120
Study Start Date:	March 2006
Estimated Study Completion Date:	February 2009

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years to 58 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Employees on sick leave because of non-specific back and/or neck/shoulder pain
actual unable to work and continuous or cumulative (totalized) work incapa- city in the past 6 monts
≥ 20 working days 100% absence from work or
≥ 40 working days 80 to 99% absence from work or
≥ 60 working days 50 to 79% absence from work and
not older than 58 level of employment ≥ 50%
no longer than 6 monts absencer from work (100% unable to work)

Exclusion Criteria:

Specific diagnosis such as infection, neoplasm, metastasis osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, fracture and inflammatory process or other conditions for which valid diagnoses had been demonstrated either in the anamnesis, records or the clinical examination
Postoperative health condition with prohibited physical load
Major co-morbidity which may determine return to work in a clearly stronger way then the MSD itself such as a major depression, psychosis, heavy drug or alcohol disease or instable cardiac or pulmonary disease
Predominant specific shoulder pathology in "neck-shoulder pain"

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00369135

Contacts

Contact: Danuser Brigitta, Prof.	+41 021-314-7421 ext 0041	Brigitta.Danuser@hospvd.ch
Contact: Canjuga Mirjana, lic. phil.	+41 044 - 632 - 4631 ext 0041	mcanjuga@ethz.ch

Locations

Switzerland
Institut universitaire romand de Santè au Travail	Recruiting
Lausanne, Switzerland

Sponsors and Collaborators

Institut Universitaire Romand de Sante au Travail

Investigators

Study Director:

Danuser Brigitta, Prof

Institut Universitaire Romand de Sante au Travail

More Information

Additional Information:

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No publications provided

Study ID Numbers:	NFP-111-111
Study First Received:	August 25, 2006
Last Updated:	November 20, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00369135
Health Authority:	Switzerland: Swiss National Science Foundation

Keywords provided by Institut Universitaire Romand de Sante au Travail:

work
Musculoskeletal Disorders

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Signs and Symptoms
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Neck Pain
Neurologic Manifestations

Pain
Congenital Abnormalities
Back Pain
Musculoskeletal Abnormalities

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Nervous System Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on February 12, 2009