Effectiveness of a Postural Awareness Software (PAS) for increasing the postural awareness on computer users
Item
- Title
- Effectiveness of a Postural Awareness Software (PAS) for increasing the postural awareness on computer users
- Author(s)
- Rui Santiago
- Abstract
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Background: The number of work days lost due to musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) makes the search for strategies to prevent them a priority. This study looked at the effectiveness of PAS on a potential precursor for MSD’s: posture awareness.
Participants: Data was examined from 41 participants (26 female, 15 male) out of an initial 50, drop out rate of 18%. 68% of patients were aged between 20 and 40. 14 were osteopathy patients.
Methods: Participants installed PAS in their computer and used it for 2 weeks. It prompted the participant to perform previously shown exercises during the use of computer.
5-point Likert scales were used in 2 questionnaires to auto-assess posture awareness before and after the use of PAS. The patients’ compliance with the exercises prescribed was also auto-assessed and compared with this result to understand its influence. Exploratory qualitative data was obtained through the use of a comment box to retrieve participants’ opinions or remarks in their own words.
Results: Significant improvement in postural awareness could be demonstrated. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test showed ? < 0.05. The progression of postural awareness found no correlation with the compliance of the participants or with any of the other variables used.
Conclusion: Using PAS may be an option for the Osteopathic profession to obtain better treatment outcomes for computer users. Its role on patients’ posture awareness and compliance with prescribed exercises were identified as areas for future research. - Date Accepted
- 2011
- Date Submitted
- 4.11.2013 15:53:38
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Number of pages
- 49
- Submitted by:
- 87
- Pub-Identifier
- 15356
- Inst-Identifier
- 1230
- Keywords
- Posture Awareness, Reminder Software, Computer User
- Recommended
- 0
- Medium
- Dissertation Rui Santiago.pdf
- Item sets
- Thesis
Rui Santiago, “Effectiveness of a Postural Awareness Software (PAS) for increasing the postural awareness on computer users”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 7, 2024, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/2155