A Digital Ergonomics Assessment of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders Risk Between Female and Male Physical Therapists.

NCT07599488 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: IRB00014233-78
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 217
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

this study will be conducted to investigate the risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders due to the postural load between female and male physical therapists by utilization of digital ergonomics analysis.

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Disorder

Keywords

Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders; Female and Male Physical Therapists.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• range of motion

  kinovea soft wear will be used to measure joints range of motions.this will be applied through Capturing videos by iPhone 11 from lateral view for kinovea analysis the angles degrees of sagittal plane motion (for shoulder , elbow, wrist, neck and trunk joints ) and from anterior view to determined the presence of frontal plane motion (in shoulder, elbow, wrist, neck and trunk joints)

  up to one day

• postural load

  The rapid upper limb assessment (RULA) will be used to assess the postural load and to know if physical therapy interns are exposed to MSD risk factors during the performance of their work

  up to one day

Study Arms (2)

female physical therapists

Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders Risk Among female Physical Therapists The study will be carried out on 109 of Egyptian physical therapists female . They will be randomly selected from Al Kasr Elaini Hospital and at the outpatient clinics of the Faculty of Physical Therapy at Cairo and Badr University.

Other: female physical therapists

male physical therapists

Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders Risk Among male Physical Therapists The study will be carried out on 108 of Egyptian physical therapists who are male. They will be randomly selected from Al Kasr Elaini Hospital and at the outpatient clinics of the Faculty of Physical Therapy at Cairo and Badr University.

Other: male physical therapists

Interventions

female physical therapists OTHER

109 female physical therapists under Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders Risk Among Physical Therapist will be included in the study.

female physical therapists

male physical therapists OTHER

108 male physical therapists under Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders Risk Among Physical Therapist will be included in the study.

male physical therapists

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years - 30 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

A two hundred and seventeen of Egyptian physical therapists . They will be selected from Al Kasr Elaini Hospital and at the outpatient clinics of the Faculty of Physical Therapy at Cairo and Badr University. Their age is 21-30 years old of physical therapist and their BMI is between 18 and 24.9. needed to capture videos from a lateral view for Kinovea analysis of the angles and degrees of sagittal plane motion (for shoulder , elbow, wrist, neck and trunk joints ) and from an anterior view to determine the presence of frontal plane motion (in shoulder, elbow, wrist, neck and trunk joints) to fulfill the RULA to estimate the Risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorder .

You may qualify if:

• Males and females Egyptian physical therapists at Al Kasr Elaini Hospital and at the outpatient clinics of the Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, and Badr university, will be included in the study.
• Age ranges from 21-30 years old of physical therapists and their BMI is between 18 and 24.9.
• hours of work daily at least
• No working experience to 2 years of experience only

You may not qualify if:

• Congenital musculoskeletal disorders
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• Fractures
• Previous musculoskeletal surgery
• Cardiovascular disease
• Pulmonary disease
• Diabetes
• Neurological disease

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases

Central Study Contacts

alaa mohamed, master

CONTACT

01007245848; dr.alaahashem8@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: principle investigator : alaa mohamed ibrahim

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 14, 2026
• First Posted: May 20, 2026
• Study Start (Estimated): May 30, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2026
• Last Updated: May 20, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-05