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Effect of a Long Exercise Program in the Reduction of Musculoskeletal Discomfort in Office Workers

The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of a six week exercise program to reduce the muscle tone of the trapezius and musculoskeletal discomfort (MED) of office workers. Twenty-six workers performed an exercise program based on: (1) stretching of cervical and/or dorsal region; (2) joint m...

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Autores principales: Villanueva, Alberto, Rabal-Pelay, Juan, Berzosa, César, Gutiérrez, Héctor, Cimarras-Otal, Cristina, Lacarcel-Tejero, Belén, Bataller-Cervero, A. Vanessa
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7729612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33291564
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17239042
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author Villanueva, Alberto
Rabal-Pelay, Juan
Berzosa, César
Gutiérrez, Héctor
Cimarras-Otal, Cristina
Lacarcel-Tejero, Belén
Bataller-Cervero, A. Vanessa
author_facet Villanueva, Alberto
Rabal-Pelay, Juan
Berzosa, César
Gutiérrez, Héctor
Cimarras-Otal, Cristina
Lacarcel-Tejero, Belén
Bataller-Cervero, A. Vanessa
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description The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of a six week exercise program to reduce the muscle tone of the trapezius and musculoskeletal discomfort (MED) of office workers. Twenty-six workers performed an exercise program based on: (1) stretching of cervical and/or dorsal region; (2) joint mobility of shoulders and rachis; (3) strengthening deep stabilizer and core muscles; and (4) scapula stabilizing exercises. A Myoton device was used to evaluate trapezius tone and the Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire was used to assess changes in MED at three points of evaluation: at the beginning (Pre_1) and at the end of the workday (Post_1), and after the training program (Pre_2). The Wilcoxon test and Cohen’s d were performed to examine differences and effect sizes between evaluations. Main results show that trapezius tone remained constant during the workday, but decreased in the dominant upper trapezius (p = 0.003, ES = −0.60) and increased in the non-dominant middle trapezius (p = 0.016, ES = 0.45) after the exercise program, which eliminated significant muscle asymmetries. MED significantly decreased in the neck (p = 0.027, ES = −0.60) and upper back (p = 0.046, ES = −0.67). In conclusion, MED appears to improve in office workers after a six week training program, which may be explained by a decrease in trapezius tone and increase in the left middle trapezius tone.
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spelling pubmed-77296122020-12-12 Effect of a Long Exercise Program in the Reduction of Musculoskeletal Discomfort in Office Workers Villanueva, Alberto Rabal-Pelay, Juan Berzosa, César Gutiérrez, Héctor Cimarras-Otal, Cristina Lacarcel-Tejero, Belén Bataller-Cervero, A. Vanessa Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of a six week exercise program to reduce the muscle tone of the trapezius and musculoskeletal discomfort (MED) of office workers. Twenty-six workers performed an exercise program based on: (1) stretching of cervical and/or dorsal region; (2) joint mobility of shoulders and rachis; (3) strengthening deep stabilizer and core muscles; and (4) scapula stabilizing exercises. A Myoton device was used to evaluate trapezius tone and the Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire was used to assess changes in MED at three points of evaluation: at the beginning (Pre_1) and at the end of the workday (Post_1), and after the training program (Pre_2). The Wilcoxon test and Cohen’s d were performed to examine differences and effect sizes between evaluations. Main results show that trapezius tone remained constant during the workday, but decreased in the dominant upper trapezius (p = 0.003, ES = −0.60) and increased in the non-dominant middle trapezius (p = 0.016, ES = 0.45) after the exercise program, which eliminated significant muscle asymmetries. MED significantly decreased in the neck (p = 0.027, ES = −0.60) and upper back (p = 0.046, ES = −0.67). In conclusion, MED appears to improve in office workers after a six week training program, which may be explained by a decrease in trapezius tone and increase in the left middle trapezius tone. MDPI 2020-12-04 2020-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7729612/ /pubmed/33291564 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17239042 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Bataller-Cervero, A. Vanessa
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33291564
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17239042
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