NCT05608473

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

The Effects of Video Based Cervical and Thoracal Posture Exercises on Head and Neck Posture, Muscular Endurance and Quality of Life in Office Workers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: İlke KARA, PT · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Physical Inactivity
• Quality of Life

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Posture Exercises	A 10-minute video consisted of 14 cervical and thoracal postural exercises was uploaded to the computers of the participants. 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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-08-01
• Primary completion: 2022-04-30
• Completion: 2022-04-30
• First posted: 2022-11-08
• Last updated: 2022-11-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)