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Office work and stretch training (OST) study: effects on the prevalence of musculoskeletal diseases and gender differences: a non-randomised control study
OBJECTIVES: For the prevention of musculoskeletal diseases (MSDs), stretch training can be a measure of the workplace health promotion (WHP) for office workers. This can lead to an increase in mobility and, ultimately, reduce or prevent MSD. The aim of the study was to examine a standardised and ind...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8126281/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33986051 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044453 |
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author | Holzgreve, Fabian Fraeulin, Laura Haenel, Jasmin Schmidt, Helmut Bader, Andreas Frei, Markus Groneberg, David A Ohlendorf, Daniela van Mark, Anke |
author_facet | Holzgreve, Fabian Fraeulin, Laura Haenel, Jasmin Schmidt, Helmut Bader, Andreas Frei, Markus Groneberg, David A Ohlendorf, Daniela van Mark, Anke |
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description | OBJECTIVES: For the prevention of musculoskeletal diseases (MSDs), stretch training can be a measure of the workplace health promotion (WHP) for office workers. This can lead to an increase in mobility and, ultimately, reduce or prevent MSD. The aim of the study was to examine a standardised and individualised stretch training on a device, specifically ‘five Business’, for the prevalence of MSD. DESIGN: This study is a non-randomised control study. SETTING: WHP programme with clerical employees of a German car manufacturer. PARTICIPANTS: 252 (110 women; 142 men) subjects (median age of 44 ([Formula: see text] 21 years) finished the study successfully. Inclusion criteria included a full-time employment in the office workplace and subjective health. INTERVENTION: The intervention group completed 22–24 training units of 10 min each on the ‘five-Business’ device two times a week for 12 weeks. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Data were collected in the form of a pre–post study Nordic Questionnaire. RESULTS: After the intervention, significantly fewer subjects reported pain in the area of the neck (−17.79), shoulder (−11.28%), upper back (−14.7%), lower back (−12.78%) and feet (−8.51%). The gender analysis revealed that women are, in general, more often affected by musculoskeletal complaints than men, especially in the neck (+29.5%) and feet (+15.03%). Both sexes had significant reductions of MSD in the most commonly affected regions. Thus, 27.12% less women reported having neck pain, while 13.14% less men reported having low back pain. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that a stretching programme performed for 3 months can reduce musculoskeletal complaints in the most commonly affected areas in office workers. Both men and women benefited from the stretch training to a similar extent, suggesting that this would be a promising measure for therapy and prevention as part of WHP. |
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spelling | pubmed-81262812021-05-26 Office work and stretch training (OST) study: effects on the prevalence of musculoskeletal diseases and gender differences: a non-randomised control study Holzgreve, Fabian Fraeulin, Laura Haenel, Jasmin Schmidt, Helmut Bader, Andreas Frei, Markus Groneberg, David A Ohlendorf, Daniela van Mark, Anke BMJ Open Occupational and Environmental Medicine OBJECTIVES: For the prevention of musculoskeletal diseases (MSDs), stretch training can be a measure of the workplace health promotion (WHP) for office workers. This can lead to an increase in mobility and, ultimately, reduce or prevent MSD. The aim of the study was to examine a standardised and individualised stretch training on a device, specifically ‘five Business’, for the prevalence of MSD. DESIGN: This study is a non-randomised control study. SETTING: WHP programme with clerical employees of a German car manufacturer. PARTICIPANTS: 252 (110 women; 142 men) subjects (median age of 44 ([Formula: see text] 21 years) finished the study successfully. Inclusion criteria included a full-time employment in the office workplace and subjective health. INTERVENTION: The intervention group completed 22–24 training units of 10 min each on the ‘five-Business’ device two times a week for 12 weeks. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Data were collected in the form of a pre–post study Nordic Questionnaire. RESULTS: After the intervention, significantly fewer subjects reported pain in the area of the neck (−17.79), shoulder (−11.28%), upper back (−14.7%), lower back (−12.78%) and feet (−8.51%). The gender analysis revealed that women are, in general, more often affected by musculoskeletal complaints than men, especially in the neck (+29.5%) and feet (+15.03%). Both sexes had significant reductions of MSD in the most commonly affected regions. Thus, 27.12% less women reported having neck pain, while 13.14% less men reported having low back pain. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that a stretching programme performed for 3 months can reduce musculoskeletal complaints in the most commonly affected areas in office workers. Both men and women benefited from the stretch training to a similar extent, suggesting that this would be a promising measure for therapy and prevention as part of WHP. BMJ Publishing Group 2021-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8126281/ /pubmed/33986051 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044453 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Occupational and Environmental Medicine Holzgreve, Fabian Fraeulin, Laura Haenel, Jasmin Schmidt, Helmut Bader, Andreas Frei, Markus Groneberg, David A Ohlendorf, Daniela van Mark, Anke Office work and stretch training (OST) study: effects on the prevalence of musculoskeletal diseases and gender differences: a non-randomised control study |
title | Office work and stretch training (OST) study: effects on the prevalence of musculoskeletal diseases and gender differences: a non-randomised control study |
title_full | Office work and stretch training (OST) study: effects on the prevalence of musculoskeletal diseases and gender differences: a non-randomised control study |
title_fullStr | Office work and stretch training (OST) study: effects on the prevalence of musculoskeletal diseases and gender differences: a non-randomised control study |
title_full_unstemmed | Office work and stretch training (OST) study: effects on the prevalence of musculoskeletal diseases and gender differences: a non-randomised control study |
title_short | Office work and stretch training (OST) study: effects on the prevalence of musculoskeletal diseases and gender differences: a non-randomised control study |
title_sort | office work and stretch training (ost) study: effects on the prevalence of musculoskeletal diseases and gender differences: a non-randomised control study |
topic | Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8126281/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33986051 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044453 |
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