NCT03501147

The Effect of a Resistance Training Program in Healthcare Workers on Pain, Workability and Physical Function.

The Effect of a Brief Daily Resistance Training Program in Healthcare Workers on Pain, Workability and Physical Function.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 37 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Valencia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The prevalence and consequences of musculoskeletal pain is considerable among healthcare workers, allegedly due to high physical work demands of healthcare work. Performing physical exercise at the workplace together with colleagues may be more motivating for some employees and thus increase adherence. On the other hand, physical exercise performed during working hours at the workplace may be costly for the employers in terms of time spend. Thus, it seems relevant to perform a brief intervention. This study is intended to investigate the difference between the effect of workplace-based physical exercise (using elastic bands and body weight exercises) and a group control on musculoskeletal pain, physical exertion during work, physical function, need for recovery, self-rated use of analgesics, and work ability among healthcare workers.

Conditions

• Musculoskeletal Pain
• Physical Function
• Work Ability

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Resistance training	15 minutes of resistance training during work every day

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-04-17
• Primary completion: 2018-06-19
• Completion: 2018-06-19
• First posted: 2018-04-18
• Last updated: 2019-10-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain