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

NCT05337579 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: FUI/CTR/2022/6
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 42
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Musculoskeletal Discomfort

  Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort questionnaire will be used to measure discomfort. A higher score means greater discomfort.

  5th week

• Fatigue

  Chalder fatigue scale will be used to measure fatigue. A higher score means greater discomfort.

  5th week

Study Arms (3)

Supplemental Rest Breaks

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Other: Supplemental Micro Breaks

Exercise Breaks

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Procedure: Exercise Breaks

Supplemental Rest and Exercise Breaks

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Supplemental Micro Breaks; Procedure: Exercise Breaks

Interventions

Supplemental Micro Breaks OTHER

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

Supplemental Rest Breaks; Supplemental Rest and Exercise Breaks

Exercise Breaks PROCEDURE

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.

Exercise Breaks; Supplemental Rest and Exercise Breaks

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 25 Years - 45 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• 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.

You may not qualify if:

• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Foundation University Islamabad: lead

Study Sites (1)

Foundation University

Islamabad, Pakistan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 14, 2022
• First Posted: April 20, 2022
• Study Start: April 22, 2022
• Primary Completion: August 22, 2022
• Study Completion: August 30, 2022
• Last Updated: April 20, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PA (1)