Effectiveness of Physical Exercise on Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain

Effectiveness of Physical Exercise on Job Stress and Quality of Life in Office Workers With Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Neck pain is a common medical condition among office workers all over the world. The purpose of this study was to see if physical exercise, such as basic body awareness, neck-specific training exercises, and ergonomic modifications, could help reduce pain, disability, and job stress while also improving quality of life among office workers. Participants will be assigned at random to either an experimental (exercise therapy and ergonomic modification) or a control group (ergonomic modification).

Receiving physical exercise treatment (basic body awareness therapy and neck-specific training exercises) and ergonomic modification

Participants were instructed to focus on maintaining good posture, balance, uninterrupted breathing, increased awareness, and decreasing unnecessary muscle tension.

Used to assess pain intensity. It uses the numbers from 0 to 10 and 0 indicates (no pain) through 1-3 (mild pain, slight impairment in daily life activities), 4-6 (moderate pain, substantial impairment in daily life activities), and 7-10 (severe pain, severe impairment in daily life activities).

Patient's self-reported impairment due to neck pain. It is a self-reported tool comprising 10 items. Each item is graded on a 6-point scale ranging from 0 (no disability) to 5 (severe disability).

Assessing psychosocial stress in the work area. Thirty-five HSE-MS questions measure seven dimensions, including demands, control, supervisory support , peer support , relationships, role (including a clear understanding of the employee's role in the organization), and changes. A higher score on each dimension (5 points) indicated lower stress.

Inclusion Criteria: Age 25-60 years Greater than 3 months of chronic NSNP. Office workers and computer users The ability to continue working Exclusion Criteria: A history of severe injury Previous physical therapy treatments Joint instability Frequent migraines Spasmodic torticollis Inflammatory rheumatic diseases Peripheral nerve entrapment Severe psychiatric illness Pregnancy Other conditions that prevent physical loading.