Effects of a dynamic seat cushion on preventing neck and low back pain in high-risk office workers: A 6-month prospective cluster-RCT

Phase 2

Recruiting

• Conditions: Healthy office workers; neck pain, back pain, prevent, office worker, dynamic sitting, seat cushion

• Registration Number: TCTR20230623002
• Lead Sponsor: ational Research Council of Thailand (NRCT)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-06-23
• Study Completion: 2023-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 130

Inclusion Criteria

Individuals will be included in the study if they are full-time office workers (working for an average of at least 40 hours per week), age 23-55 years, have a normal BMI of 18.5-22.9 kg/m2, have greater than or equal to 5 years of experience in their current position, and will at risk of non-specific neck pain as evaluated by the Neck Pain Risk Score for Office Workers (NROW score greater than or equal to 2) and non-specific low-back pain as evaluated by Back Pain Risk Score for Office Workers (BROW score greater than or equal to 53)

Exclusion Criteria

Participants were excluded if they had reported musculoskeletal symptoms in the neck or low back in the previous six months, reported pregnancy or had planned to become pregnant in the coming 12 months, had a history of trauma or accidents in the spinal region, or had either spinal, intra-abdominal or femoral surgery in the previous 12 months, have hemorrhoids, wound, contusion at the buttock and thigh region. Participants who had been diagnosed with congenital anomaly of the spine, rheumatoid arthritis, infections of the spine or discs, ankylosing spondylitis, spondylolisthesis, spondylosis, spinal tumor, systemic lupus erythematosus, or osteoporosis were also excluded from the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
6-months incidence of neck and low back pain at 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 months of intervention and control Pain or No pain,6-months recovery from and recurrence of neck and low back pain at 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 months of intervention and control Pain or No pain

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain intensity at 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 months of intervention and control Visual analogue scale,Neck disability at 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 months of intervention and control Neck disability index,Low back disability at 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 months of intervention and control Roland Morris disability questionnaire,Discomfort at 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 months of intervention and control Borg CR-10 sclae,Stress level at 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 months of intervention and control Suan Prung stress test-20 (SPST-20) ,Physical measurements at baseline and 6 months of intervention and control Biering Sorensen test, Plank endurance test, and Lumbar stability test