Effects of physical activity programmes in the workplace (PAPW) on the perception and intensity of musculoskeletal pain experienced by garment workers

<p>Association Between Objectively Measured Physical Activity And Musculoskeletal Disorders, And Perceived Work Ability Among Adult, Middle-Aged And Older Women</p>

“…49 The beneficial relation between various parameters of physical activity and work ability has been recognized in many previous studies. 30,31,50,51 Also, some studies have shown that physical exercise can reduce musculoskeletal problems and pain among both adults 25,52 and older people. 24,53 In our study, similar results were observed in women aged 50-64 years.…”

Efficacy of workplace interventions for shoulder pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Exercises performed were very heterogeneous across studies. In 6 RCTs, the intervention was mainly strengthening exercises (18,19,22,24,26,35,36,40), in 3 RCTs, it was stretching exercises (32,33,37) and, in one RCT, stabilization exercises for the trunk and shoulder were performed (27). Two RCTs reported results from a group of workers performing whole-body exercises, including aerobic, general strengthening and endurance, stretching and stabilization exercises not specific to the shoulder region or the upper extremity (25,30).…”

“…One RCT did not mention the type of occupation of the participants (20). Nine RCTs included office workers (18, 19, 21-24, 28, 29, 31, 34, 37), 7 RCTs included factory employees (17,30,32,33,35,36,39) and 2 RCTs included laboratory technicians (26,40). In the 3 remaining studies, the participants worked as hairdressers (38), healthcare workers (25) or cleaning workers (27).…”

“…Pooling of data for shoulder pain intensity was possible for 5 RCTs with a high risk of bias and a follow-up of 10 weeks to 10 months (n =765) (Table I) (30,33,35,36,40). These RCTs included patients with or without shoulder pain at baseline.…”

“…Because of significant heterogeneity between studies (χ 2 = 10.1, p < 0.10 and I 2 = 70%), pooling of data was not possible for 4 studies (n = 483) that assessed the efficacy of exercises in terms of reduction in prevalence of shoulder pain. Therefore, the 5 RCTs that included workers with or without shoulder pain at inclusion, were analysed qualitatively (27,30,32,33,37). No significant differences were observed between intervention groups performing stabilization, stretching or general exercises and control groups receiving no intervention for the prevalence of shoulder pain (27,30,32,33).…”