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| Aalborg University | OTHER |
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This study investigates the effect of a posture shirt on posture during functional tasks such as office work.
Poor posture have historically been blamed for pain and disability in the general population. A treatment-strategy that have gain popularity in recent years is the use of a posture shirt which is a compressive shirt designed and marketed to the general public and health service providers as a way to improve posture and consequently alter muscle activity, reduce musculoskeletal pain and discomfort. This study will investigate the effect of posture shirts on posture.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Healthy participants | Participants will be ask to perform a repetitive upper limb task while posture is being monitored.This will be done while wearing a posture shirt, compression shirt or no shirt. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Posture shirt | Device | Posture shirts are designed, and marketed to the general public and health service providers to improve posture and consequently alter muscle activity, reduce musculoskeletal pain and discomfort. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Posture | Posture will be determined by measuring head and shoulder angles during a functional task | Within session (2hr) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Experienced pain | Any potential pain during the functional tasks will be monitored using a 0-11 numeric rating scale (NRS) with 0 being no pain and 10 being worst imaginable pain. | Within session (2hr) |
| Concentration during task |
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Inclusion Criteria: - Healthy participants
Male participants
Healthy male participants
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Steffan W Christensen, PhD | Department of Physiotherapy, University College of Northern Denmark | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Department of Physiotherapy, University College of Northern Denmark | Aalborg | 9220 | Denmark |
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| Compression shirt | Device | Compression shirts are designed for recreational sport activities and can be bought in any local sports store |
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Two questions regarding concentration during task was asked: (Q1: I had to concentrate to do the task, Q2: My concentration was constant throughout the task) were scores using a 5 point Likert scale (1: Strongly disagree; 2: Disagree; 3: Neither agree nor disagree; 4: Agree; 5: Strongly agree).
| Within session (2hr) |
| Consciousness of posture during task | Two questions regarding consciousness of posture during task was asked (Q1: I was conscious about how I was sitting in the beginning of the task , Q2: I was conscious about how I was sitting at the end of the task) was scored using a 5 point Likert scale (1: Strongly disagree; 2: Disagree; 3: Neither agree nor disagree; 4: Agree; 5: Strongly agree). | Within session (2hr) |