Musculoskeletal discomfort and work fatigue has enormous impact on quality of personal and professional life and increases health related economic burden on country due to increased cost of healthcare and reduced productivity in work. Upper limb and neck pain complains are the most frequent when evaluated in computer workers. The incidence of musculoskeletal discomfort in office workers is as high as 50%. While fatigue is also common due to its high prevalence and its relationship with dysfunctional disorders in office workers. The objective of this study is to compare and determine the effects of exercise breaks, rest breaks and exercise along with rest breaks on Fatigue and Musculoskeletal discomfort in static workstation office workers
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
42
Supplemental Micro Breaks, of 30 seconds after every 15 minutes of working on a static computer workstation in addition to the two 'Conventional Rest Breaks' of 15 minutes twice a day during the work hours
Exercise Breaks, of 10 minutes, twice a day during the work hours, in addition to the two 'Conventional Rest Breaks' of 15 minutes, twice a day during the work hours.
Foundation University
Islamabad, Pakistan
Musculoskeletal Discomfort
Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort questionnaire will be used to measure discomfort. A higher score means greater discomfort.
Time frame: 5th week
Fatigue
Chalder fatigue scale will be used to measure fatigue. A higher score means greater discomfort.
Time frame: 5th week
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