Trial reportBioMed research international2017
Intelligent Physical Exercise Training in a Workplace Setting Improves Muscle Strength and Musculoskeletal Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in BioMed research international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Interventions for preventing back pain among office workers - a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of Physical Exercise Training in the Workplace on Physical Fitness: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Pooled it
- Strategies to improve the implementation of workplace-based policies or practices targeting tobacco, alcohol, diet, physical activity and obesity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Twelve weeks of physical exercise breaks with coordinative exercises at the workplace increase the sulcal depth and decrease gray matter volume in brain structures related to visuomotor processes.Brain structure & function · 2024Trial
- Twelve Weeks of Web-Based Low to Moderate Physical Activity Breaks with Coordinative Exercises at the Workplace Increase Motor Skills but Not Motor Abilities in Office Workers-A Randomised Controlled Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- A cluster-randomized trial of workplace ergonomics and neck-specific exercise versus ergonomics and health promotion for office workers to manage neck pain - a secondary outcome analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Trial
- Workplace-Based Exercise Intervention Improves Work Ability in Office Workers: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Trial
- Health and productivity benefits of a multicomponent workplace program by gender in small companies.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Health-related quality of life in adults with metabolic syndrome: a multi-level analysis of family and individual level variation.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Investigating the Effectiveness of a Workplace Musculoskeletal Disorders Management Program.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A Comprehensive Workplace Exercise Intervention to Reduce Musculoskeletal Pain and Improve Functional Capacity in Office Workers: A Randomized Controlled Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Exercise Prescription for the Work-Life Population and Beyond.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2023Review
- An Enjoyable Workplace Combined Exercise Program for Health Promotion in Trained Employees: Yoga, Pilates, and Circuit Strength Training.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Implementation strategies, and barriers and facilitators for implementation of physical activity at work: a scoping review.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2019Article
- Effects of Resisted Sprint Training and Traditional Power Training on Sprint, Jump, and Balance Performance in Healthy Young Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Frontiers in physiology · 2018Article
- Physical Activity as Cause and Cure of Muscular Pain: Evidence of Underlying Mechanisms.Exercise and sport sciences reviews · 2017Review
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Abstract
purposeTo assess effects of 1-year Intelligent Physical Exercise Training (IPET) on musculoskeletal health.
methodsOffice workers were randomized 1 : 1 to a training group, TG (
resultsNo baseline differences were present. An intention-to-treat analysis showed significant between-group effect for muscle strength but not for musculoskeletal pain. However, a per-protocol analysis of those with an adherence of ≥70% demonstrated a significant between-group effect for neck pain during the past three months. Several significant within-group changes were present, where TG and TG ≥ 70% demonstrated clinically relevant pain reductions whereas minimal reductions were seen for CG.
conclusionIPET and recommendations of moderate intensity physical activity demonstrated significant between-group effect on muscle strength. Interestingly, significant within-group reductions in musculoskeletal pain were seen not only in TG but also in CG. This may underlie the lack of such between-group effect and shows that a possible positive side effect of merely drawing attention can improve musculoskeletal health.
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