The Impact of Prolonged Standing on Musculoskeletal Pain

NCT03678623 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Standing-musculoskeletal pain
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is a cross-sectional and prospective cohort study using a biopsychosocial approach to investigate office workers at risk of standing-induced musculoskeletal pain. The purpose of this study is to determine which factors are associated with developing or worsening of musculoskeletal pain (changes in the Visual Analogue Scale from baseline) during a 60 minute standing paradigm.

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Pain; Occupational Exposure; Office Workers

Keywords

Musculoskeletal Pain; Occupational Exposure; Predictive value of tests; Back muscles

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Standing Tolerance Test (STT)

  The Standing Tolerance Test consists of participants standing for 1-hour while performing computer tasks using a workstation table.They are required to stand in a confined working area marked on the ground (60x122 cm). During the 1-h period, participants are instructed to adopt a comfortable position that they would normally use if they are to stand for a prolonged period of time. The participant are not allowed to lean on the workstation in any way. The working surface for each participant is adjusted to a height of 5 cm below elbow height. Participants rate their musculoskeletal symptoms intensity on a scale from 0 to 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS) prior to the start of, every 15 minutes during, and at the end of the 1-h standing period. Based on their VAS rating for spine, lower and upper limb, they are classified either as a Pain Developers (PDs) if they report a change in VAS of 1 or more from baseline on 0-100 scale (whatever baseline is) or a Non-Pain Developers (NPDs).

  Baseline

Secondary Outcomes (19)

• Demographic characteristics:

  Baseline

• Occupational characteristics: Occupational Sitting and Physical Activity Questionnaire (OSPAQ)

  Baseline

• Occupational characteristics: questions about using sit-stand workstation

  Baseline

• Occupational characteristics: Abbreviated Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) & Job Satisfaction

  Baseline

• International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)-Short Form

  Baseline

Study Arms (1)

Office-based workers

Individuals working in an office environment with their main tasks involving use of a computer, reading, phoning, making presentations and participating in meetings, who perform more than 30 hours per week mostly sitting at a computer.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Office-based workers, defined as individuals working in an office environment with their main tasks involving use of a computer, reading, phoning, making presentations and participating in meetings, who perform more than 30 hours per week mostly sitting at a computer.

You may qualify if:

• Office-based workers who perform more than 30 hours per week mostly sitting at a computer,
• With aged 18 or above.

You may not qualify if:

• not office-based workers,
• pregnant or less than six months postpartum,
• had experienced any major trauma or had surgery to the spine or lower limb over the last 12 months,
• had been diagnosed with any neurological or systematic pathology (such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis or ankyloses spondylitis).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidade da Coruña: lead
• The University of Queensland: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

The University of Queensland

Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia

Location

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  PMID: 25637464 BACKGROUND

• Ringheim I, Austein H, Indahl A, Roeleveld K. Postural strategy and trunk muscle activation during prolonged standing in chronic low back pain patients. Gait Posture. 2015 Oct;42(4):584-9. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.09.008. Epub 2015 Sep 15.

  PMID: 26404082 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Muscular Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Venerina Johnston, PhD

  The University of Queensland

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CROSSOVER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator. PhD, MSc, PT. Lecturer at Faculty of Physiotherapy, Universidade da Coruña.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 9, 2018
• First Posted: September 19, 2018
• Study Start: April 23, 2018
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2019
• Study Completion: September 30, 2019
• Last Updated: May 4, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

AU (1)