Workplace Exercise Therapy With or Without Manual Therapy in Chronic Spinal Pain

Enrolling by invitation · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Back Pain, Neck Pain, Low Back Pain

In brief

Implementing workplace strategies to manage symptoms in office workers with chronic nonspecific spinal pain (CNSP) may improve both health- and work-related outcomes, as adherence to these interventions is more feasible in this context. Exercise therapy is considered the first-line treatment for CNSP; however, the added value of combining exercise therapy with manual therapy remains inconclusive. This study aims to examine the effects of short sessions of exercise therapy plus manual therapy, compared with exercise therapy plus sham manual therapy, delivered in the workplace, on health- and work-related outcomes in office workers with CNSP.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07251959

Run by

Catholic University of Murcia

People needed

60

Starts

2025-09-29

Expected to finish

2027-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Administrative professionals engaged in sedentary desk-based work utilizing visual display terminals (VDTs) for data processing and information management from the UCAM University
• Chronic nonspecific spinal pain defined as pain (≥4/10 on a numeric rating scale) persisting for at least the past 3 months and/or present on ≥50% of days during the previous 6 months
• The anatomical region of pain is defined from the occipital area to the gluteal folds

You may not qualify if…

• Participants with diagnosed conditions causing back pain, such as ankylosing spondylitis, infections, or other specific causes, including vertebral fractures
• Participants currently receiving any rehabilitative or pharmacological treatment for back pain during the 3 weeks prior to study enrollment
• Participants diagnosed with medical conditions that would prevent them from safely performing therapeutic exercise without medical supervision
• Participants who answer "Yes" to one or more questions on the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Everyone (PAR-Q+), indicating potential contraindications to physical activity, unless cleared by a healthcare provider

Where it is running

• Catholic University of Murcia — Murcia, Murcia, Spain

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