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

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Musculoskeletal Pain
• Interventions: Other: Supplemental Micro Breaks; Procedure: Exercise Breaks

• Registration Number: NCT05337579
• Lead Sponsor: Foundation University Islamabad

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

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2022-04
• Study First Submitted: 2022-04-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-04-14
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-04-14
• Study First Posted: 2022-04-20
• Last Update Posted: 2022-04-20
• Study Start: 2022-04-22
• Primary Completion: 2022-08-22
• Study Completion: 2022-08-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 42

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Supplemental Rest Breaks	Supplemental Micro Breaks	-
Exercise Breaks	Exercise Breaks	-
Supplemental Rest and Exercise Breaks	Supplemental Micro Breaks	-
Supplemental Rest and Exercise Breaks	Exercise Breaks	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Foundation University; 🇵🇰 Islamabad, Pakistan