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Effectiveness of micro-exercises for managing neck/shoulder pain in sedentary workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Zohreh Yaghoubitajani, Mehdi Gheitasi, Mohammad Bayattork, Karina Glies Vincents Seeberg, Lars Louis Andersen

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5 authors.

Zohreh YaghoubitajaniDepartment of Health and Sport Rehabilitation, Faculty of Sport Sciences and Health, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6652-8567
Mehdi GheitasiDepartment of Health and Sport Rehabilitation, Faculty of Sport Sciences and Health, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. mehdi.gheitasi@googlemail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1582-0859
Mohammad BayattorkSport Sciences and Physical Education, Faculty of Humanities Science, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7588-0079
Karina Glies Vincents SeebergDepartment of Public Health, Section of Social Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2679-7591
Lars Louis AndersenNational Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2777-8085

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the effectiveness of micro-exercise interventions on neck/shoulder pain, neck disability, muscle activity, quality of life, and work-related outcomes among sedentary workers. PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from inception to July 2025. Nineteen studies (n = 2732) met the inclusion criteria. A meta-analysis was conducted using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software. Micro-exercises significantly reduced combined neck/shoulder pain (4 studies; g = -0.79, 95% CI -0.98 to -0.60; I

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Exercise TherapyNeck PainSedentary BehaviorShoulder PainHumansQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment OutcomeErgonomicsMusculoskeletal painOccupational healthPhysical therapyWorkplace exerciseWorkplace intervention

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PMID42297926
PMCPMC13530211

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