The Effects of Video Based Cervical and Thoracal Posture Exercises on Office Workers

İlke KARA, PT

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Inactivity; Quality of Life

Treatments: Other: Posture Exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05608473

DEU-FTR-IK-02

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim of this study was investigate the effects of video-based cervical and thoracic postural exercises on muscle strength and endurance, hand grip strength, head-neck posture, quality of life and patient satisfaction in office workers.

Full description

60 office workers between the ages of 25-65 were included in the study. Participants were randomly divided into Exercise group (EG, n=30) and Control group (KG, n=30). The video-based postural exercises were uploaded to the computers of the EG participants. They were asked to perform the exercises simultaneously with the video, 3 days a week for a total of 6 weeks. The control group was given one session of training on postural exercises. Cervical and scapular muscle strength and endurance, grip strength, craniovertebral angle, muscle endurance and strength, grip strength and head-neck posture measurements were made before the study and at the end of the 6th week. In addition, quality of life and satisfaction were evaluated with questionnaires.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• To be an office worker for at least 3 years
• To be literate

Exclusion criteria

• History of cervical, thoracic or shoulder surgeries
• Exercising regularly for the last 6 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Exercise Group

Experimental group

Description:

A 10-minute video consisted of 14 exercises was uploaded to the computers of the participants in the exercise group. Participants were asked to do these exercises simultaneously with the video, 3 days in a week for 6 weeks. During theese weeks, the participants were checked by sms and they were asked to keep an exercise diary. For progression, the number of repetitions was increased in the 3rd week and the number of sets in the 5th week.

Treatment:

Other: Posture Exercises

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group was given one session of training on postural correction.