Access to a Sit-stand Computer Workstation and Back Pain

Stanford University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Back Pain; Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Sit-stand computer workstation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02146482

SSCWStanford

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the changes in back pain from access to a sit-stand workstation. Other muscle and joint pain and/or discomfort will also be evaluated. We hypothesize that access to a sit-stand workstation will allow one to experience postural variation and reduce back pain.

Enrollment: 57 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Back pain lasting ≥3 months and reported at a minimum of 4 out of 10 on the pain scale.
• Sits >6 hours out of an 8-hour work day for work purposes
• Able and willing to fill out a daily survey for the first week prior to randomization
• Participants must be >18 years of age. There are no gender/race-ethnic restrictions.
• Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to stand for at least 10 minutes.
• Currently using a sit-stand desk

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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57 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Did not receive an intervention during the active portion of the study (i.e. 12 weeks). After the active portion of the study, this group was given a sit-stand computer workstation.

Sit-stand computer workstation

Experimental group

Description:

Given a sit-stand computer workstation to use at their place of work

Treatment:

Other: Sit-stand computer workstation