Gadget + gym: new combo tackles office neck pain
NCT ID NCT06455774
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether adding a wearable posture feedback device to an exercise program helps office workers with chronic neck pain. 52 participants did exercises for 8 weeks, with half also wearing a device that buzzed when they slouched. The goal was to see if the device improved pain, neck movement, and muscle function more than exercise alone.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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52 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Finished
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Nov 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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25 to 55 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Complained of neck pain during work for at least 3 months, * Neck pain severity of 3 and above according to the Numerical Pain Rating Scale, * Office worker between the ages of 25-55, * Full-time and regular desk worker for the last 3 years, * Participants who use a computer at a desk for at least 3 hours a day will be included. Exclusion Criteria: * Having neurological and rheumatologic chronic diseases, * Receiving physical therapy in the last 6 months * History of trauma to the upper extremities and spine, * Having diagnoses such as thoracic outlet, cervical rib, vertebrobasilar artery insufficiency, * History of cervical spine surgery, * Having suffered a whiplash injury, * Diagnosed cervical disc and spine pathologies (such as radiculopathy, myelopathy, fracture, infection, tumor, inflammatory diseases, osteoporosis)
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Istanbul University- Cerrahpasa
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
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