Use of a footrest to reduce low back discomfort development due to prolonged standing

Lee, Jeremy Yang; Baker, Richelle; Coenen, Pieter; Straker, Leon

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2017.09.009

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“…Our findings that there are no differences in the severity of LBP experienced when office workers with a history of LBP stand with and without a footstool are similar to those from Lee et al who investigated the effect of using a footstool on standing-induced LBP in asymptomatic individuals [25]. Authors found no difference in LBP severity when using a footstool and not using a footstool during a two-hour standing task.…”

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The Influence of Using a Footstool during a Prolonged Standing Task on Low Back Pain in Office Workers

Smith

Kwan

Zhang

et al. 2019

IJERPH

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While many office workers experience low back pain (LBP), little is known about the effect of prolonged standing on LBP symptoms. This repeated-measures within-subjects study aimed to determine whether office workers with LBP are able to work at a standing workstation for one hour without exacerbating symptoms and whether using a footstool affects LBP severity. Sixteen office workers with LBP performed computer work at a standing workstation for one hour under the following two conditions, one week apart: with a footstool and without a footstool. The intensity of LBP was recorded at 10 min intervals. Maximal severity of LBP pain and change in LBP severity throughout the standing task were not different between the footstool and no footstool conditions (p > 0.26). There was a trend for more participants to have an increase in their pain between the start and end of the task when not using a footstool compared to using a footstool (p = 0.10). Most office workers with LBP are able to use a standing workstation without significant exacerbation of symptoms, but a proportion will experience a clinical meaningful increase in symptoms. Using a footstool does not change the severity of LBP experienced when using a standing workstation in individuals with a history of LBP.

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The Influence of Using a Footstool during a Prolonged Standing Task on Low Back Pain in Office Workers

Smith

Kwan

Zhang

et al. 2019

IJERPH

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“…For the abdominal muscles, participants raised both feet 1 cm from the floor in a crook lying position with a 5-s hold [36,[41][42][43]. For the back muscles, participants performed a double knee raise 5 cm from the floor in the prone lying position with a 5-s hold [36,42,44]. The root mean square (RMS) values of the middle 3 s of the 5 s testing period were analyzed [29,36,42,44].…”

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The Effects of Core Stabilization Exercise with the Abdominal Drawing-in Maneuver Technique versus General Strengthening Exercise on Lumbar Segmental Motion in Patients with Clinical Lumbar Instability: A Randomized Controlled Trial with 12-Month Follow-Up

Puntumetakul

Saiklang

Tapanya

et al. 2021

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Trunk stability exercises that focus on either deep or superficial muscles might produce different effects on lumbar segmental motion. This study compared outcomes in 34 lumbar instability patients in two exercises at 10 weeks and 12 months follow up. Participants were divided into either Core stabilization (deep) exercise, incorporating abdominal drawing-in maneuver technique (CSE with ADIM), or General strengthening (superficial) exercise (STE). Outcome measures were pain, muscle activation, and lumbar segmental motion. Participants in CSE with ADIM had significantly less pain than those in STE at 10 weeks. They showed significantly more improvement of abdominal muscle activity ratio than participants in STE at 10 weeks and 12 months follow-up. Participants in CSE with ADIM had significantly reduced sagittal translation at L4-L5 and L5-S1 compared with STE at 10 weeks. Participants in CSE with ADIM had significantly reduced sagittal translations at L4-L5 and L5-S1 compared with participants in STE at 10 weeks, whereas STE demonstrated significantly increased sagittal rotation at L4-L5. However, at 12 months follow-up, levels of lumbar sagittal translation were increased in both groups. CSE with ADIM which focuses on increasing deep trunk muscle activity can reduce lumbar segmental translation and should be recommended for lumbar instability.

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“…In contrast to Son et al (2018), Lee et al (2018) and Baker et al (2018) found no effects of a footrest, compared with the effects of no footrest during a 2-hr prolonged standing computer work session. They suggested a need for optimal footrest use conditions and an increased sample size.…”

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confidence: 59%

Interventions to Mitigate Fatigue Induced by Physical Work: A Systematic Review of Research Quality and Levels of Evidence for Intervention Efficacy

Megahed

Cavuoto

2019

Hum Factors

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Objective:We present a literature review on workplace physical fatigue interventions, focusing on evaluating the methodological quality and strength of evidence.Background:Physical fatigue is a recognized workplace problem, with negative effects on performance and health-related complaints. Although many studies have focused on the mechanisms and consequences of fatigue, few have considered the effectiveness of interventions to mitigate fatigue.Method:A systematic review of the workplace safety literature for controlled trials of physical fatigue interventions was conducted. Data on intervention type, subject characteristics, targeted tasks and body locations, outcome measures, and study design were extracted. The methodological quality for each study was evaluated using the PEDro scale, and the level of evidence was based on quality, amount, and consistency.Results:Forty-five controlled trials were reviewed, examining 18 interventions. We categorized those interventions into individual-focused ( N = 28 studies, nine interventions), workplace-focused ( N = 12 studies, five interventions), and multiple interventions ( N = 5 studies, four interventions). We identified moderate evidence for interventions related to assistive devices and task variation. There was moderate evidence supporting no fatigue attenuation for the garment change category of interventions. The interventions in the remaining categories had limited to minimal evidence of efficacy. The heterogeneity of the included trials precludes the determination of effect size.Conclusion:This review showed a lack of high levels of evidence for the effectiveness of most physical fatigue interventions.Application:Due to a lack of high levels of evidence for any category of reviewed physical fatigue interventions, further high-quality studies are needed to establish the efficacy of others.

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Use of a footrest to reduce low back discomfort development due to prolonged standing

Cited by 21 publications

References 23 publications

The Influence of Using a Footstool during a Prolonged Standing Task on Low Back Pain in Office Workers

The Influence of Using a Footstool during a Prolonged Standing Task on Low Back Pain in Office Workers

The Effects of Core Stabilization Exercise with the Abdominal Drawing-in Maneuver Technique versus General Strengthening Exercise on Lumbar Segmental Motion in Patients with Clinical Lumbar Instability: A Randomized Controlled Trial with 12-Month Follow-Up

Interventions to Mitigate Fatigue Induced by Physical Work: A Systematic Review of Research Quality and Levels of Evidence for Intervention Efficacy

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