The Effect of Physiotherapy Interventions in the Workplace through Active Micro-Break Activities for Employees with Standing and Sedentary Work
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Search Strategy
2.2. Study Design
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Characteristics of the Included Studies
3.2. Strengthening Programs in Standing Occupations
3.3. Home-Based Exercise versus Workplace Exercises in Standing Occupations
3.4. Relaxation Exercise, Stress Reduction, and Ergonomic Interventions in Standing Occupations
3.5. General Programs of Physical Activities in Standing Occupations
3.6. Effect of Stretching in Sitting Occupations
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Inclusion Criteria | Exclusion Criteria |
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Employees as participants | Non-employees as participants |
Active employee breaks | Exclusively passive breaks |
Published from January 2010 onwards | Published until December 2009 |
At least a 6/10 score on the PEDro scale | Less than a 6/10 score on the PEDro scale |
Sufficient number of participants per treatment group | Less than 15 participants per treatment group |
Randomized controlled trials | Non-randomized controlled trials |
Items | Total Score | ||||||||||
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Author, Publication Date | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
Jay et al., 2011 [12] | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6/10 | ||||
Zebis et al., 2011 [13] | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6/10 | ||||
Jakobsen et al., 2015 [14] | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7/10 | |||
Sundstrup et al., 2014 [15] | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8/10 | ||
Muñoz Poblete et al., 2019 [16] | Χ | Χ | Χ | Χ | Χ | Χ | 6/10 | ||||
Andersen et al. 2011 [17] | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8/10 | ||
Taulaniemi et al., 2019 [18] | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7/10 | |||
Rasotto et al., 2015 [19] | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7/10 | |||
Gram et al., 2014 [20] | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6/10 | ||||
Ding et al., 2020 [21] | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7/10 | |||
Caputo et al., 2017 [22] | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7/10 | |||
Mehrparvar et al., 2014 [23] | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7/10 | |||
Nakphet et al., 2014 [24] | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7/10 | |||
Lacaze et al., 2010 [25] | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9/10 | |
Santos et al., 2020 [26] | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7/10 |
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Vitoulas, S.; Konstantis, V.; Drizi, I.; Vrouva, S.; Koumantakis, G.A.; Sakellari, V. The Effect of Physiotherapy Interventions in the Workplace through Active Micro-Break Activities for Employees with Standing and Sedentary Work. Healthcare 2022, 10, 2073. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10102073
Vitoulas S, Konstantis V, Drizi I, Vrouva S, Koumantakis GA, Sakellari V. The Effect of Physiotherapy Interventions in the Workplace through Active Micro-Break Activities for Employees with Standing and Sedentary Work. Healthcare. 2022; 10(10):2073. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10102073
Chicago/Turabian StyleVitoulas, Stergios, Vasileios Konstantis, Irene Drizi, Sotiria Vrouva, George A. Koumantakis, and Vasiliki Sakellari. 2022. "The Effect of Physiotherapy Interventions in the Workplace through Active Micro-Break Activities for Employees with Standing and Sedentary Work" Healthcare 10, no. 10: 2073. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10102073