Combined Effects of Exercise Breaks and Rest Breaks on Fatigue and Musculoskeletal Discomfort in Static Workstation Office Workers

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05337579

Enrollment

Registered

2022-04-20

Start date

2022-04-22

Completion date

2022-08-30

Last updated

2022-04-20

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Conditions

Musculoskeletal Pain

Brief summary

Musculoskeletal discomfort and work fatigue has enormous impact on quality of personal and professional life and increases health related economic burden on country due to increased cost of healthcare and reduced productivity in work. Upper limb and neck pain complains are the most frequent when evaluated in computer workers. The incidence of musculoskeletal discomfort in office workers is as high as 50%. While fatigue is also common due to its high prevalence and its relationship with dysfunctional disorders in office workers. The objective of this study is to compare and determine the effects of exercise breaks, rest breaks and exercise along with rest breaks on Fatigue and Musculoskeletal discomfort in static workstation office workers

Interventions

OTHERSupplemental Micro Breaks

Supplemental Micro Breaks, of 30 seconds after every 15 minutes of working on a static computer workstation in addition to the two 'Conventional Rest Breaks' of 15 minutes twice a day during the work hours

PROCEDUREExercise Breaks

Exercise Breaks, of 10 minutes, twice a day during the work hours, in addition to the two 'Conventional Rest Breaks' of 15 minutes, twice a day during the work hours.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

25 Years to 45 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Both male and female * Age: 25-45 years * Those static workstation office workers using computer for at least 6 hours per day. * Static workstation office workers screened by ROSA.

Exclusion criteria

* Discomfort from non-musculoskeletal origin * Recent history of trauma and receiving any kind of treatment for the current condition. * Severe orthopedic disease * Any mental and physiological illness that could interfere in the exercise.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Musculoskeletal Discomfort	5th week	Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort questionnaire will be used to measure discomfort. A higher score means greater discomfort.
Fatigue	5th week	Chalder fatigue scale will be used to measure fatigue. A higher score means greater discomfort.

Countries

Pakistan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026