The Effect of Posture Shirts on Posture During Functional Tasks

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Posture Shirts on Posture During Functional Tasks in Healthy Participants.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03855839
• Other study ID #: FOU-UU-2018-12_Sub-project1
• Status: Completed
• Start date: April 26, 2018
• Est. completion date: May 8, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: February 2019
• Source: University College of Northern Denmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study investigates the effect of a posture shirt on posture during functional tasks such as office work.

Description:

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: May 8, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: May 8, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria: - Healthy participants

• Pain free healthy participants

• Able to speak, read and understand Danish Exclusion Criteria: - Healthy participants

• Pain from the back, neck or shoulder area during the past 3 months

• Any discomfort in relation to computer use

• Lack of ability to cooperate

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy

Intervention

Device:
• Posture shirt
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.
• Compression shirt
Compression shirts are designed for recreational sport activities and can be bought in any local sports store

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Department of Physiotherapy, University College of Northern Denmark	Aalborg

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University College of Northern Denmark	Aalborg University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Posture	Posture will be determined by measuring head and shoulder angles during a functional task	Within session (2hr)
Secondary	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)
Secondary	Concentration during task	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)
Secondary	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)