Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03855839
The Effect of Posture Shirts on Posture During Functional Tasks
The Effect of Posture Shirts on Posture During Functional Tasks in Healthy Participants.
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 30 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University College of Northern Denmark · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Male
- Age
- 18 Years – 50 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
This study investigates the effect of a posture shirt on posture during functional tasks such as office work.
Detailed description
Poor posture have historically been blamed for pain and disability in the general population. A treatment-strategy that have gain popularity in recent years is the use of a posture shirt which is a compressive shirt designed and marketed to the general public and health service providers as a way to improve posture and consequently alter muscle activity, reduce musculoskeletal pain and discomfort. This study will investigate the effect of posture shirts on posture.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Posture shirt | Posture shirts are designed, and marketed to the general public and health service providers to improve posture and consequently alter muscle activity, reduce musculoskeletal pain and discomfort. |
| DEVICE | Compression shirt | Compression shirts are designed for recreational sport activities and can be bought in any local sports store |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-04-26
- Primary completion
- 2018-05-08
- Completion
- 2018-05-08
- First posted
- 2019-02-27
- Last updated
- 2019-03-05
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Denmark
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03855839. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.