Exercise interventions for treating work-related complaints of the arm, neck or shoulder in adults

Peter W Stubbs; Poonam Mehta; Jeanette Trøstrup; Sietske J Tamminga; Siobhán M Stynes; Bart W Koes; Arianne P Verhagen

doi:10.1002/14651858.CD014643

Exercise interventions for treating work-related complaints of the arm, neck or shoulder in adults

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 Apr 28;4(4):CD014643. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014643.

Authors

Peter W Stubbs¹, Poonam Mehta¹, Jeanette Trøstrup², Sietske J Tamminga^{3

4}, Siobhán M Stynes⁵, Bart W Koes^{6

7}, Arianne P Verhagen¹

Affiliations

¹ Discipline of Physiotherapy, Graduate School of Health, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
² The Danish Healthcare Quality Institute (DHQI), Copenhagen, Denmark.
³ Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC location, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁴ Societal Participation & Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁵ Primary Care Centre Versus Arthritis, School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK.
⁶ Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
⁷ Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health & Center for Muscle and Joint Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of exercise interventions for work-related complaints of the arm, neck or shoulder (CANS) in adults. The outcomes of interest are pain, function, work outcomes, adverse events, quality of life, healthcare use and injury recurrence.

MeSH terms

Adult
Exercise Therapy* / methods
Humans
Neck Pain* / rehabilitation
Neck Pain* / therapy
Occupational Diseases* / rehabilitation
Occupational Diseases* / therapy
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Shoulder Pain* / rehabilitation
Shoulder Pain* / therapy
Systematic Reviews as Topic