Office Program Effects on Pain, Posture, Muscle Physiology, Stress, Ergonomics, and Quality of Life in LBP Workers

Suci Wahyu Ismiyasa

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Education; Behavioral: Exercise; Behavioral: Advice

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07250568

UTMara-OWP-LBP2025

Details and patient eligibility

About

This interventional study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an office worker's program in reducing low back pain and improving physical and psychosocial outcomes among office employees. The primary objective is to determine the effects of the intervention on pain, lumbar posture, muscle physiology (including core stability, flexibility, fatigue, and endurance), ergonomics, stress levels, and quality of life across different intervention groups.

Participants will be assigned to one of three groups:

Group 1: Exercise program, posture education, and standing advice Group 2: Posture education and standing advice Group 3: standing advice only The study will compare outcomes between groups to identify which combination of interventions provides the greatest benefits for office workers with a tendency to experience low back pain.

Full description

Research question: Is there any effect of office worker's program on pain intensity, lumbar posture, muscle physiology, ergonomics, stress and quality of life among office workers with low back pain? Research objective: To determine the effect of office worker's program on pain intensity, lumbar posture, muscle physiology, ergonomics, stress and quality of life Research hypothesis: There is significance different on pain intensity, lumbar posture, muscle physiology, ergonomics, stress and quality of life

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 58 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Identified LBP
2. Age between 18 - 60 years old
3. In the office, working in front computer/laptop minimum along 4 hours per day
4. Able to ambulate independently with or without walking aids
5. Controlled comorbidity e.g. DM, HPT, managed asthma and controlled thyroid conditions

Exclusion criteria

1. Recumbent
2. Cancer, spinal fracture, neurological disorder (stroke, PBI and soon)
3. Participation in a current fitness program designed to prevent LBP recurrence
4. Spinal operation within the last six months
5. Pregnant
6. Medication (steroid therapy, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), opioids, muscle relaxants, antidepressants or anxiolytics)
7. Insufficient to finish outcome measurements and exercise program
8. Participants who do not attend 3 consecutive weeks or 8 consecutive times

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

Exercise Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this arm will receive a structured exercise program supervised by a physiotherapist, combined with posture education using an illustrated poster and regular standing advice. The exercise program consists of progressive abdominal and lumbar strengthening exercises performed 3 times per week for 12 weeks, with each session lasting approximately 20 minutes.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Advice

Behavioral: Exercise

Behavioral: Education

Education Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this arm will receive posture education supported by an illustrated poster and regular standing advice. No exercise program will be provided to this group.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Advice

Behavioral: Education

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this arm will receive standing advice only, without exercise intervention or posture education materials.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Advice