ReviewEnvironmental health insights2014
Workplace exercise for control of occupational neck/shoulder disorders: a review of prospective studies.
Review in Environmental health insights, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evidence of Workplace Interventions-A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Videoconference-Supervised Group Exercise Reduces Low Back Pain in Eldercare Workers: Results from the ReViEEW Randomised Controlled Trial.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of a progressive resistance exercise program for industrial workers during breaks on perceived fatigue control: a cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2020Trial
- Psychosocial benefits of workplace physical exercise: cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2017Trial
- Evaluation of a Workplace Exercise Program for Control of Shoulder Disorders in Overhead Assembly Work.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2017Trial
- Psychosocial effects of workplace physical exercise among workers with chronic pain: Randomized controlled trial.Medicine · 2017Trial
- Resistance training program for fatigue management in the workplace: exercise protocol in a cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2016Trial
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- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Work-Related Upper Extremity Disorders among University Teaching Staff in Ethiopia, 2021: An Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Pain research & management · 2022Article
- Effect of a Long Exercise Program in the Reduction of Musculoskeletal Discomfort in Office Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Advancing health-enhancing physical activity at workplace: Sport4Heath 2020 scientific forum.BMC proceedings · 2020Article
- Strength Training for Women as a Vehicle for Health Promotion at Work.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2017Review
- Effects of a worksite labor gymnastics program on novice and experienced workers.Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMTArticle
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Abstract
A review was conducted of prospective studies (1997-2014) examining the efficacy of exercise as a workplace intervention to control neck/shoulder pain, symptoms, and disability. The review identified 38 relevant studies - 20 were classified with positive effects, 13 with null effects, and 5 as inconclusive. Of the positive studies, 12 were consistent with Level I evidence, 3 with Level II evidence, and 5 with Level IV evidence. Specific resistance training (SRT) exercise appeared to be associated with more positive studies (eight Level I studies) than other exercise modalities such as general resistance training, general physical exercise, stretching, and movement awareness exercises. Studies of longer trial duration tended toward more null findings and lower program compliance. Evidence for a primary preventive effect of workplace exercise is minimal. The findings of this review suggest that workplace exercise can be effective as tertiary prevention and therapeutic relief of neck/shoulder symptoms, at least over the shorter term.
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