Effects of stretching exercise training and ergonomic modifications on musculoskeletal discomforts of office workers: a randomized controlled trial

Shariat, Ardalan; Cleland, Joshua A.; Danaee, Mahmoud; Kargarfard, Mehdi; Sangelaji, Bahram; Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Mohd

doi:10.1016/j.bjpt.2017.09.003

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“…Adequate breaks will be taken between sets to avoid overexertion. Warm-up exercises (bilateral shoulder circling; upper body rotation) once each for 20 s, and cool-down exercises (lateral neck stretch; neck extensor stretch; seated side stretch; selfmassage of shoulder and neck with spiky ball) for three times 20 s will complete the program [20,42]. Adherence to intervention: Workshop session attendance will be recorded as an indication of adherence to health promotion.…”

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On-site multi-component intervention to improve productivity and reduce the economic and personal burden of neck pain in Swiss office-workers (NEXpro): protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Aegerter¹,

Deforth²,

Johnston

et al. 2020

BMC Musculoskelet Disord

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Background: Non-specific neck pain and headache are major economic and individual burden in office-workers. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a multi-component intervention combining workstation ergonomics, health promotion information group workshops, neck exercises, and an app to enhance intervention adherence to assess possible reductions in the economic and individual burden of prevalent and incident neck pain and headache in office workers.

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confidence: 99%

On-site multi-component intervention to improve productivity and reduce the economic and personal burden of neck pain in Swiss office-workers (NEXpro): protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Aegerter¹,

Deforth²,

Johnston

et al. 2020

BMC Musculoskelet Disord

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“…Besides that, Kroon et al [14] also mentioned that self-management education programmes may slightly improve a patients self-management skills, pain and function. In addition, streching exercise and modifying body ergonomics can be effective to prevent musculoskeletal disorder [20]. Looking into these studies, it is proven that self management care and information delivery to patients is a very useful method.…”

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Comparing Exercise Prescription Methods in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients in Malaysia

D’Gasper¹,

Bains²,

Saad

et al. 2018

Acta Medica Bulgarica

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Aim: This study was a qualitative study that investigated the exercise prescription method in knee osteoarthritis patients in Malaysia. It purposed to find out the most common and effective method used by physiotherapist in prescribing exercises for knee osteoarthritis patients in Malaysia. Method: This study used a self-administered survey questionnaire. The subjects recruited for this study were diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis, age range of between 50 to 80 years old.The methods of delivery were divided into three categories, which include only verbal instructions, verbal instruction together with demonstration and lastly a combination of all three methods including verbal instruction, demonstration and handouts with diagrams. Results: The results showed that 52% received their exercise prescription with verbal instruction and together with demonstration, about 43% of them received all three types of methods which included the verbal instruction, demonstration and take home handouts and 5% of them only received verbal instruction. Out of 5% who received verbal instruction alone, only 1% understood the exercises and the remaining 4% did not and 45% out of 52% who received verbal and demonstration method understood the exercises and the remaining 7% did not. 5% who received only verbal instruction did not seem to continue the exercises at home. 52% received verbal instruction together with demonstration, with about 44% of them having continued their exercises but the remaining 8% did not. 43% who received all three methods reported to continue. Conclusion: The best method of delivering exercises to knee osteoarthritis patients was proven to be the method with a combination of verbal instruction, demonstration together with a take home handout. This method showed very positive outcome and should be implemented and emphasized more in both the government and private sectors of physiotherapy departments.

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“…Sufficient stretching was defined as a stretched position for each muscle for 10-30 s to be repeated 3 or 4 times every 20 min for 5 days a week [16][17][18][19] . Qualitative and quantitative approaches were applied by 15 office employees to assess facial validity of the HPM constructs questionnaire through which all their recommendations were inserted into the questionnaire.…”

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Factors Predicting the Stretching Exercise Behaviors of Office Employees Working in the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran

Delshad¹,

Sadat-Tavafian²,

Kazemnejad³

2019

RIC

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Background: Office employees of all ages are at risk for non-communicable diseases such as musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) due to physical inactivity. Stretching exercise (SE) behavior could help office employees prevent MSDs. This research aimed to study the predictors of SE among office employees working in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBUMS) of Iran through a health promotion model (HPM). Methods: In the present study, 430 eligible office employees were randomly selected. To assess the predictors of SE, all the HPM constructs were examined as risk factors to determine whether they influence the probability of SE behavior occurrence and were interpreted through odds ratio (OR). SPSS version 19 was used to analyze the data. Results: A total of 420 office employees with mean age of 37.1 ± 8.03 years took part in the study. This study showed that perceived barriers to action could prevent participants from engaging in SE (OR [95%

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Effects of stretching exercise training and ergonomic modifications on musculoskeletal discomforts of office workers: a randomized controlled trial

Abstract: HighlightsErgonomic modification and exercise improve discomfort for office workers.Introduce a package of exercise training that can be used as a treatment for MSDs.Office workers should spend at least 15 min each day to do some exercises.

Cited by 127 publications

References 33 publications

On-site multi-component intervention to improve productivity and reduce the economic and personal burden of neck pain in Swiss office-workers (NEXpro): protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial

On-site multi-component intervention to improve productivity and reduce the economic and personal burden of neck pain in Swiss office-workers (NEXpro): protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Comparing Exercise Prescription Methods in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients in Malaysia

Factors Predicting the Stretching Exercise Behaviors of Office Employees Working in the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran

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