Feasibility of a Smartphone-Based Exercise Program for Office Workers With Neck Pain: An Individualized Approach Using a Self-Classification Algorithm.

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Feasibility of a Smartphone-Based Exercise Program for Office Workers With Neck Pain: An Individualized Approach Using a Self-Classification Algorithm.

Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2017 Jan;98(1):80-87

Authors: Lee M, Lee SH, Kim T, Yoo HJ, Kim SH, Suh DW, Son J, Yoon B

Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To explore the feasibility of a newly developed smartphone-based exercise program with an embedded self-classification algorithm for office workers with neck pain, by examining its effect on the pain intensity, functional disability, quality of life, fear avoidance, and cervical range of motion (ROM).
DESIGN: Single-group, repeated-measures design.
SETTING: The laboratory and participants' home and work environments.
PARTICIPANTS: Offices workers with neck pain (N=23; mean age ± SD, 28.13±2.97y; 13 men).
INTERVENTION: Participants were classified as having 1 of 4 types of neck pain through a self-classification algorithm implemented as a smartphone application, and conducted corresponding exercise programs for 10 to 12min/d, 3d/wk, for 8 weeks.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The visual analog scale (VAS), Neck Disability Index (NDI), Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ), and cervical ROM were measured at baseline and postintervention.
RESULTS: The VAS (P<.001) and NDI score (P<.001) indicated significant improvements in pain intensity and functional disability. Quality of life showed significant improvements in the physical functioning (P=.007), bodily pain (P=.018), general health (P=.022), vitality (P=.046), and physical component scores (P=.002) of the SF-36. The FABQ, cervical ROM, and mental component score of the SF-36 showed no significant improvements.
CONCLUSIONS: The smartphone-based exercise program with an embedded self-classification algorithm improves the pain intensity and perceived physical health of office workers with neck pain, although not enough to affect their mental and emotional states.

PMID: 27693421 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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