Workplace Exercises Versus Home-based Exercises on Pain and Function Among Office Workers With Non-specific Low Back Pain
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Enrollment
- 57
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- assessment of pain intensity
Overview
Brief Summary
The study was done to investigate the differences between workplace exercises and home-based exercises on pain, function, quality of life, and posture (pelvic inclination angle and lumbar lordotic angle) among office workers with non-specific low back pain
Detailed Description
Low back pain is the most common musculoskeletal disorder among office workers and a leading cause of disability, affecting psychological well-being and quality of life. Approximately 85% to 95% of cases are categorized as non-specific, with chronic low back pain presenting when symptoms last over 12 weeks. Office workers, who often engage in sedentary tasks, face increased risks of low back pain linked to factors such as physical attributes and psychological stressors like mental fatigue and anxiety. It is suggested that people with low back pain exercise, but there is still debate about whether exercise at work is better than exercise at home. This gap in understanding drives the need for a randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of both interventions on pain, function, quality of life, and posture in office workers with non-specific low back pain
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 25 Years to 40 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Forty-eight patients with non-specific low back pain of both genders; their ages will range from 25 to 40 years old.
- •Three years of experience at least
- •Eight to ten hours of daily work, at least.
- •Work for 5 days per week.
- •Reported pain intensity from 3 to 7 on a visual analogue scale.
- •Office Workers with body mass index (25 - 29.9 kg/m².
- •Low physical activity levels according to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (short form).
Exclusion Criteria
- •Spine pathology.
- •Back surgical operations.
- •Congenital anomalies.
- •Cardiopulmonary and neurological diseases
- •Postural deformities.
- •Inflammatory diseases.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
assessment of pain intensity
Time Frame: at baseline and after 4 weeks
The researcher will ask the patient to express how potent he/she feels current pain or the last 24 hours' pain by choosing a point on a 100 mm line drawn between two ends one end refers to the absence of pain and the other refers to the worst intense pain
Secondary Outcomes
- assessment of activity of daily living(at baseline and after 4 weeks)
- assessment of functional health and well-being(at baseline and after 4 weeks)
- assessment of pelvic tilting(at baseline and after 4 weeks)
- assessment of lumbar lordotic angle(at baseline and after 4 weeks)
- assessment of physical Activity(at baseline and after 4 weeks)
Investigators
Heba Allah Ahmed Gaber Abd El Tawab
principal investigator
Cairo University