英文摘要 |
The purposes of this study are to design an exercise program and to assess its effectiveness with three different health promotion exercise programs for work-related shoulder and neck pain. This study was carried out at an airline company. The employees in 5 departments were recruited. They were grouped by the models of intervention when they were in an intensive exercise period. There were 39 people in the reference group. People in the self-exercise group (n=56) were given an exercise program lecture and they carried out the program during their breaks. A physical therapist (PT) was available for answering questions about the program. Members in the team-exercise group 1 (n=69) performed the program once with a fixed daily schedule and under the supervision of a PT after the lecture was given. Members in the team-exercise group 2 (n=14) performed the program twice, with one of these times under the PT’s supervision after the lecture. There were 3 stages of evaluation, each including a modified Nordic questionnaire, pain threshold and cervical range of motion (CROM). The latter two were assessed twice before and after work in one day. The first stage of the evaluation was a baseline evaluation before the lecture, the second stage of the evaluation was done after the lecture and two weeks of intensive exercises, and the third stage of the evaluation was conducted after the second stage evaluation and one month of free exercises. The results showed that there was no significant difference among the four groups in the before/after work difference in pain threshold and CROM at each stage. Using the decrease in difference in pain threshold at the second stage as an improvement index, the odds ratios for the three exercise groups were 1.39, 4.63 (p<0.05), and 7.06 (p<0.05), respectively, when compared to the reference group. It showed a dose-response effect. It can be concluded that an intensive team-exercise program on sedentary workers is worthwhile because it promotes their health. |