Status:
COMPLETED
Preventive Intervention in Nursery School Teachers
Lead Sponsor:
University of Bologna
Conditions:
Low Back Pain
Neck Pain
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18-70 years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
Childcare in nursery schools has been shown to be associated with an elevated prevalence of neck, shoulder, arm and low back disorders. The current evidence suggests that exercises seem to be the only...
Detailed Description
Seventy-one nursery school teachers working in nine school buildings were randomly divided into two groups, with each school as a unit of randomization. All the teachers in both groups received an erg...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The study population was composed by all the 71 nursery school teachers, employed at the town hall of Forlì, that worked in nine different school buildings similar in size and furniture. As provided for by the Italian law (Emilia-Romagna Regional Law No. 1 of January 10, 2000 - art. 32, followed by the Directive of July 25, 2001), teachers had the same working schedule and the same workload in terms of teacher/children ratio depending on children age.
Exclusion
- medical history of serious injury
- spinal surgery
- malignant pathology
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
71 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00783562
Start Date
October 1 2007
End Date
December 1 2007
Last Update
October 31 2008
Active Locations (1)
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University of Bologna
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, 40138