Evaluating short-term musculoskeletal pain changes in desk-based workers receiving a workplace sitting-reduction intervention
This paper explores changes in musculoskeletal pain among desk-based workers over three months of a workplace-delivered, sitting-reduction intervention. Participants (n = 153, 46% female; mean ± SD aged 38.9 ± 8.0 years) were cluster-randomized (n = 18 work teams) to receive an organizational change...
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Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
2018
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| author | Brakenridge, C. Chong, Y. Winkler, E. Hadgraft, N. Fjeldsoe, B. Johnston, V. Straker, Leon Healy, Genevieve Clark, B. |
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| description | This paper explores changes in musculoskeletal pain among desk-based workers over three months of a workplace-delivered, sitting-reduction intervention. Participants (n = 153, 46% female; mean ± SD aged 38.9 ± 8.0 years) were cluster-randomized (n = 18 work teams) to receive an organizational change intervention, with or without an activity tracker. A modified Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire assessed pain intensity (0–9; none–worst possible) in the neck, upper and lower back, upper and lower extremities, and in total. The activPAL3 (7 days, 24 h/day protocol) measured sitting and prolonged sitting in =30 min bouts at work. Mixed models adjusting for cluster and intervention arm examined changes in pain (n = 104), and their associations with reductions in sitting and prolonged sitting (h/10 h at work) (n = 90). Changes in pain were nonsignificant (p = 0.05) and small for total pain (-0.06 [95% CI: -0.27, 0.16]) and for each body area (-0.26 [-0.66, 0.15] for upper back to 0.09 [-0.39, 0.56] for lower back). Sitting reduction was associated with reduced lower back pain (-0.84 [-1.44, -0.25] per hour, p = 0.005); other effects were small and non-significant. No substantial average changes in pain were seen; some improvement in lower back pain might be expected with larger sitting reductions. Larger samples and diverse interventions are required for more definitive evidence. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-731782019-02-08T00:34:55Z Evaluating short-term musculoskeletal pain changes in desk-based workers receiving a workplace sitting-reduction intervention Brakenridge, C. Chong, Y. Winkler, E. Hadgraft, N. Fjeldsoe, B. Johnston, V. Straker, Leon Healy, Genevieve Clark, B. This paper explores changes in musculoskeletal pain among desk-based workers over three months of a workplace-delivered, sitting-reduction intervention. Participants (n = 153, 46% female; mean ± SD aged 38.9 ± 8.0 years) were cluster-randomized (n = 18 work teams) to receive an organizational change intervention, with or without an activity tracker. A modified Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire assessed pain intensity (0–9; none–worst possible) in the neck, upper and lower back, upper and lower extremities, and in total. The activPAL3 (7 days, 24 h/day protocol) measured sitting and prolonged sitting in =30 min bouts at work. Mixed models adjusting for cluster and intervention arm examined changes in pain (n = 104), and their associations with reductions in sitting and prolonged sitting (h/10 h at work) (n = 90). Changes in pain were nonsignificant (p = 0.05) and small for total pain (-0.06 [95% CI: -0.27, 0.16]) and for each body area (-0.26 [-0.66, 0.15] for upper back to 0.09 [-0.39, 0.56] for lower back). Sitting reduction was associated with reduced lower back pain (-0.84 [-1.44, -0.25] per hour, p = 0.005); other effects were small and non-significant. No substantial average changes in pain were seen; some improvement in lower back pain might be expected with larger sitting reductions. Larger samples and diverse interventions are required for more definitive evidence. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73178 10.3390/ijerph15091975 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Brakenridge, C. Chong, Y. Winkler, E. Hadgraft, N. Fjeldsoe, B. Johnston, V. Straker, Leon Healy, Genevieve Clark, B. Evaluating short-term musculoskeletal pain changes in desk-based workers receiving a workplace sitting-reduction intervention |
| title | Evaluating short-term musculoskeletal pain changes in desk-based workers receiving a workplace sitting-reduction intervention |
| title_full | Evaluating short-term musculoskeletal pain changes in desk-based workers receiving a workplace sitting-reduction intervention |
| title_fullStr | Evaluating short-term musculoskeletal pain changes in desk-based workers receiving a workplace sitting-reduction intervention |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating short-term musculoskeletal pain changes in desk-based workers receiving a workplace sitting-reduction intervention |
| title_short | Evaluating short-term musculoskeletal pain changes in desk-based workers receiving a workplace sitting-reduction intervention |
| title_sort | evaluating short-term musculoskeletal pain changes in desk-based workers receiving a workplace sitting-reduction intervention |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73178 |