Trial reportJournal of occupational health2020
The effects of walking intervention on preventing neck pain in office workers: A randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Journal of occupational health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- The effectiveness of a dynamic seat cushion in preventing neck and low-back pain among high-risk office workers: a 6-month cluster-randomized controlled trial.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Trial
- Effects of an active break and postural shift intervention on preventing neck and low-back pain among high-risk office workers: a 3-arm cluster-randomized controlled trial.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2021Trial
- The effects of walking intervention on preventing neck pain in office workers: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of occupational health · 2020Trial
- Efficacy of chronic neck pain self-treatment using press needles: a randomized controlled clinical trial.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Can the Borg CR-10 scale for neck and low back discomfort predict future neck and low back pain among high-risk office workers?International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2022Article
- Factors associated with neck and shoulder pain: a cross-sectional study among 16,000 adults in five county councils in Sweden.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of increased daily walking steps on the 6-month incidence of neck pain among office workers.
methodsHealthy office workers with high risk of neck pain were recruited into a 6-month prospective cluster-randomized controlled trial. Participants were randomly assigned at the cluster level, into either intervention (n = 50) or control (n = 41) groups. Participants in the intervention group were instructed to increase their daily walking steps to a designated level for a duration of 6 months. Participants in the control group received no intervention. The outcome measures included the 6-month incidence of neck pain as well as its pain intensity and disability level. Analyses were performed using multivariable logistic regression model.
resultsOf the participants in the intervention and control groups, 22% and 34% reported a 6-month incidence of neck pain, respectively. After adjusting for confounders, a significant preventive effect of walking intervention was found (adjusted odd ratio 0.22, 95% confidence interval 0.06-0.75). No significant difference in pain intensity and disability level was found between those in the intervention and control groups.
conclusionAn intervention to increase daily walking steps reduced onset neck pain in high-risk office workers. However, the walking interventions did not decrease pain intensity and disability in those increasing the number of daily walking steps compared to the control group.
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