Effects of Whole-body Stretching Exercise for Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain and Physical Exertion Among Healthcare Professionals

Najran University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthcare Professionals

Treatments: Other: whole body stretching excercise; Other: educational program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05811715

444-37-25613-DS

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose of the study:To investigate effect of whole-body stretching (WBS) exercise during lunch-break for reducing musculoskeletal pain and physical exertion among healthcare professionals

Full description

This study involved a single-blinded 2-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) to compare the effect of WBS exercise versus control group during lunch-break to reduce symptoms of WRMSDs in healthcare professionals. sixty healthcare professionals were recruited from Najran university hospital, Saudi Arabia. Study objectives and procedure were properly explained and written informed consent was obtained at the beginning of the study. All the participants were randomly assigned into two equal groups A and B.

Group A were received the 30 minutes of whole body stretching class while group B were received an education program which includes ergonomic principles, WRMSDs and their risk factors, as well as manual handling techniques were explained .

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Full time healthcare professionals with more than one year of experience were eligible to participate

Exclusion criteria

• Acute musculoskeletal symptoms (pain intensity on visual analogue scale (VAS) > 7)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A

Experimental group

Description:

WBS-Whole body stretching exercise group

Treatment:

Other: educational program

Other: whole body stretching excercise

Group B

Active Comparator group

Description:

control group

Treatment:

Other: educational program