Does a break from sitting change biomechanical outcome measures or transient pain? A laboratory-based experimental study.

BACKGROUND: Sitting can induce transient low back pain (LBP) in healthy individuals. A rest from sitting should provide relief, however, the parameters of breaks (activity type, intensity, duration, and timing) are not currently known. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect o...

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Publicado en:Work Vol. 75; no. 2; pp. 553 - 567
Autores principales: De Carvalho, Diana, Callaghan, Jack P.
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. 2023
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          De Carvalho, Diana
          Callaghan, Jack P.
        affil: Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada
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          Low Back Pain
          Walking
          Movement
          Biomechanics
          Sitting
          Posture
          Human
          Female
          Male
          Adolescence
          Young Adult
          Adult
          Experimental Studies
          Convenience Sample
          Random Sample
          Pain Management
          Work Environment
          Time Factors
          Electromyography
          Questionnaires
          Visual Analog Scaling
          Test-Retest Reliability
          Outcome Assessment
          Comparative Studies
          Analysis of Variance
          Confidence Intervals
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          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Adult: 19-44 years
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      ab: BACKGROUND: Sitting can induce transient low back pain (LBP) in healthy individuals. A rest from sitting should provide relief, however, the parameters of breaks (activity type, intensity, duration, and timing) are not currently known. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of 2-minute walking breaks at 40-minute intervals on sitting-induced LBP. METHODS: Thirty-two healthy participants were recruited for a within-control study: two randomly presented sessions of sitting for 2 hours with and without breaks. Outcome measures were compared between condition and pain group using a three-way ANOVA with significance atp > 0.05. RESULTS: Walking breaks at 40-minute intervals result in significantly lower pain ratings than those taken immediately before the break for sitting-induced back pain developers. However, this relief is short lived (<10 minutes), with ratings increasing to pre-break levels once the sitting exposure resumes. There were no differences in biomechanical factors between sessions. Regardless of session type, pain developers displayed higher spine fidget frequency than non-pain developers, females sat with less spine flexion, with greater gluteal activation levels, and with their center of pressure approximately half a centimeter to the left and forward compared to males, and males had significantly greater peak pressures over a smaller area compared to females. CONCLUSION: Walking breaks at 40-minute intervals provide significant, but temporary, relief of sitting-induced back pain for pain developers. Future work should optimize break parameters and examine the longer-term benefit of breaks, especially for individuals that are not able to tolerate sitting for extended durations.
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