School-Based exercise program aims to tackle Kids' neck and shoulder pain
NCT ID NCT07661875
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a six-week program of physical activity and health education can reduce neck and shoulder pain in children aged 10 to 12. One hundred primary school students in Shijiazhuang, China, will be split into four groups: exercise only, education only, both, or a control group. The goal is to see if these simple school-based interventions can improve pain, activity levels, sleep, and quality of life.
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- Active substance
- physical activity and education sessions
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a simple, non-drug way to reduce neck and shoulder pain in schoolchildren and improve their quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 100 children in one city, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is short (six weeks) and relies on self-reported pain, which can be unreliable.
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 100 people
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- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
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- Expected to finish
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Oct 2026
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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10 to 12 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Age: 10\~12 years old. * Clear consciousness and no language communication barriers. * Consent is taken from the school and from the parents and it is a voluntary participation. Exclusion Criteria: * There are serious heart and respiratory diseases and other serious physical diseases. * People with severe cognitive dysfunction. * Chronic MSP caused by infectious diseases and other juvenile inflammatory conditions. * Have a history of congenital or acquired serious bone diseases.
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