1Research Scholar, ABS, Amity University, Noida
2Assistant Professor, ABS, Amity University, Noida
3Physiotherapist at Sports Injury Centre, Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi
*Corresponding author: Pooja Sharma, Research Scholar, ABS, Amity University, Noida E-mail: psharma1@amity.edu
Online published on 7 December, 2018.
Working on computers is a major part of most of the jobs now a days and is associated with musculoskeletal discomforts. Sitting in front of laptops, desktops has caused not only the weakening of the muscles and decrease in flexibility but also a bad posture. Intensive computer usage has been associated with work related musculoskeletal disorders among the office or company workers worldwide and the symptoms of these disorders are growing day by day effecting the posture of the individual.
A convenient sample of 30 academic professionals suffering from idiopathic postural pain and discomfort constituted the study sample. The subjects were in the age range of 20–35 years with mean BMI range (19 to 25). The minimum hours spent daily while working on computer was 4 hours. Pre-and post VAS was used to document the decrease in pain and the RAND 36 questionnaire to assess he quality of life.
Data was analyzed using SPSS. Paired t-test was applied for the pre-and post-exercise scores. Patients suffering from postural pain were found to have low scores in all the eight dimensions assessing the quality of life. Following the exercise regime there has been improvement in the parameters assessed
The present study emphasizes the role of exercises in decreasing the discomfort and to plan the management of these musculoskeletal system disorders. Ergonomics is highly advised in these working set ups to decreases the risk factors and to prevent faulty posture.
Postural pain, RAND-36, Ergonomics, Exercise regimes for postural pain
