Impact of El-Poems study: the e-learning for postural education in music students: a randomized controlled trial protocol

Abstract

Background Musculoskeletal pain (MP) has today intensified in a large proportion of music students in Iran. Poor posture while playing an instrument is thus assumed as a very significant risk factor affecting such a condition in this population. The present study aims to evaluate the impact of electronic learning (e-learning) for postural education to music students on posture behavior and MP (abbreviated as an El-Poems study). Methods This study is a matched-pair, two-arm, parallel randomized controlled trial (RCT). The participants, as the 7th-to-12th-grade music students, will be accordingly assigned to intervention (n = 204) and control (n = 204) groups, based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The postural education will be also presented through the web-based Student Education Network (with the acronym, SHAD) at the Tehran Conservatory of Music, Tehran, Iran. The intervention program consists of four sessions, using the Integrated Change (I-Change) model. It will be also implemented by a trained physical education instructor and a health educator. The content of the program includes raising awareness, building motivation, and developing skills. Besides, its components are comprised of specific proper postures viz. standing, sitting, lifting, carrying, and hand position while playing a musical instrument. The primary outcome is the MP that will be assessed by the Nordic Body Map (NBM) questionnaire and a numerical rating scale (NRS), and the secondary outcome is the posture behavior that will be evaluated objectively, using the Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) tool. The data will be also collected at baseline and after a six-month follow-up. Conclusion This RCT is an innovative study as a pioneer to represent the first attempt for web-based postural education as well as an attractive intervention to prevent MP in Iranian music students. Trial registration Current Controlled Trials IRCT20180528039885N2. Prospectively registered on 11 September 2021

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