NCT04935502

Home Based Exercises With and Without Posture and Ergonomics Training Among Students During COVID-19

Effects of Home Based Exercises With and Without Posture and Ergonomics Training on Pain and Physical Activity Level Among Students With Musculoskeletal Pain Due to COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomised Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 216 (actual)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of exercises with and without postural and ergonomic training among the students returning to university after quarantine due to COVID-19.

Detailed description

Postural awareness and ergonomic trainings are approaches that can help to relive pain among patients with Musculoskeletal complaints. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of posture and ergonomics training for students receiving distance education during the Covid-19 pandemic on musculoskeletal pain and physical activity level

Conditions

• Musculoskeletal Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Home based exercises with postural and ergonomic training	Group A will be treated with stretching and strenghtening exercises for 40 minutes along with postural and ergonomic training for 15 minutes session 3 days/week for 4 week.
OTHER	Home based exercises	Group B will be given stretching and strengthening exercises for 40 minutes, every alternate day (3 days per week) for 4 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-03-15
• Primary completion: 2021-08-30
• Completion: 2021-08-30
• First posted: 2021-06-23
• Last updated: 2021-09-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan