Effectiveness of Chiropractic Treatment Applied Together With Ergonomics Education in Factory Workers With Neck Pain

Investigation of the Effectiveness of Chiropractic Treatment Applied Together With Ergonomics Education in Factory Workers With Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Randomized Study

The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of chiropractic treatment combined with ergonomic training in factory workers with nonspecific neck pain.

The study was planned as a randomized controlled study. Workers between the ages of 18-60 who are working in a heat treatment factory in izmir and experiencing non-specific neck pain will be included in the study. The factory workers included in the study will be divided into three by simple random method. The groups will be called chiropractic, placebo and control groups. All participants will be given ergonomic training before the treatment. The chiropractic group will be applied 2 days a week. The placebo group will also be applied sham manipulation 2 days a week. No intervention will be made in the control group. In order to collect data from the participants; Visual Analog Scale, Neck Disability Questionnaire and Bournemouth will be used for pain and pain-related dysfunctions, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire will be used to determine sleep quality. These questionnaires will be repeated before starting the study and at the end of the study.

Inclusion criteria:

• Being between 18-65 years of age,
• Having neck pain for the last 3 months,
• Neck pain being 4 or higher on the Visual Analog Scale

Exclusion criteria:

• Having undergone surgery in the last 6 months,
• Not being cooperative,
• Presence of psychological problems,
• Neck pain being of radicular or neurological origin,
• Presence of a systemic or metabolic disease such as cancer, Instability in the neck,
• Vertebro-basilar insufficiency