None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Pain in certain parts of the body (including low back, neck and shoulders) due to prolonged sitting and inactivity is the most common musculoskeletal disorder worldwide and has both socio-economic and personal consequences. One way to reduce the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and disorders among office workers is exercise training. More studies involving various exercise programs are needed to determine the optimal exercise designed to prevent and treat musculoskeletal pain in office workers. However, the effects of short-term upper extremity exercises (stretching exercises, resistance exercises and posture exercises) applied in the workplace in office workers on pain, musculoskeletal system discomfort, physical activity level, depression, anxiety, stress and quality of life are not yet known. For this reason, a hypothesis was established to determine whether short-term upper extremity exercises in office workers have effects on pain, musculoskeletal system discomfort, physical activity level, depression, anxiety, stress and quality of life in the workplace.
Interventions
All individuals in the control and training groups will be advised to do physical activity (at least 7,500 steps per day or 8-10 tours of at least 10 minutes per day) for at least 4-5 days in a week.
In addition to the physical activity recommendation, light upper extremity exercises will be applied to the individuals in the training group. During these sessions, participants are not asked to target a predetermined level of intensity. Upper extremity exercises:
*The light exercise program will
All individuals in the control and training groups will be advised to do physical activity (at least 7,500 steps per day or 8-10 tours of at least 10 minutes per day) for at least 4-5 days in a week. In addition to the physical activity recommendation, light upper extremity exercises will be applied to the individuals in the training group. During these sessions, participants are not asked to target a predetermined level of intensity. Upper extremity exercises: *The light exercise program will consist of exercises including warm-up (stepping and normal range of motions for upper extremity) (3-5 minutes), stretching (upper trapezius muscle, levator scapula muscle, anterior-lateral muscles of the neck, anterior arm muscles, pectoralis major muscle), posture (Raising the shoulders towards the ears, rolling back after raising shoulders to ears), resistance exercises with light-medium free weights (shoulder flexion, shoulder external rotation, medium trapezius, elbow flexion and extension), and cool-down (stepping and normal range of motions for upper extremity) (3-5 minutes). *These exercises consist of totally 5 sessions due to the nature of this study which will be applied during one session per a day, 5-7 days for only 1 week (if possible within working hours (lunch break)), in the form of an average of 20-30 minutes of sessions under the supervision of a physiotherapist, through audio/video phone calls and/or online video-conferences with Microsoft Teams, one-to-one or in groups, depending on the availability of individuals. Session attendance checklists will be kept in exercise diary for every participant.
Sponsors
GÜLSAH BARGI
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria for the individuals were: *adult individuals aged 18 and over *volunteering to participate in the study, *Having a smart phone on which the pedometer application can be installed • Working actively at a desk for at least three years and at least 4 hours a day
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria for the individuals were: *Having an acute or chronic infection, musculoskeletal disease, serious cardiac, orthopedic or neurological disease that may prevent exercise *Having a serious psychiatric illness and therefore not being able to adapt to exercise sessions *Being an active employee who does sports regularly *Being in a situation such as quarantine for any reason *Being pregnant
Outcome results
None listed