Effects of Whole-body Stretching Exercise During Lunch-break for Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain and Physical Exertion Among Healthcare Professionals
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- musculoskeletal pain
研究概览
简要总结
Purpose of the study:To investigate effect of whole-body stretching (WBS) exercise during lunch-break for reducing musculoskeletal pain and physical exertion among healthcare professionals
详细描述
This study involved a single-blinded 2-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) to compare the effect of WBS exercise versus control group during lunch-break to reduce symptoms of WRMSDs in healthcare professionals. sixty healthcare professionals were recruited from Najran university hospital, Saudi Arabia. Study objectives and procedure were properly explained and written informed consent was obtained at the beginning of the study. All the participants were randomly assigned into two equal groups A and B.
Group A were received the 30 minutes of whole body stretching class while group B were received an education program which includes ergonomic principles, WRMSDs and their risk factors, as well as manual handling techniques were explained .
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Full time healthcare professionals with more than one year of experience were eligible to participate
排除标准
- •Acute musculoskeletal symptoms (pain intensity on visual analogue scale (VAS) > 7)
结局指标
主要结局
musculoskeletal pain
时间窗: 6 Weeks
musculoskeletal pain were assessed by Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire
physical exertion
时间窗: 6 Weeks
physical exertion were assessed by Borg rating of perceived exertion
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Hashim Ahmed
Assistant Professor
Najran University