Exercises Improve Musculoskeletal Discomforts, Physical Activities, Mood and Quality of Life.

What is it about?

During COVID-19 pandemic, physical inactivity and inactivity-related health problems have deepened in many individuals, including office workers. It is not yet known whether there are exercise programs through telerehabilitation that will provide rapid relief in a short time in office workers who apply part or full-time teleworking system. Therefore, in this study, to investigate influences of short-term upper extremity exercise trainings (UEET) on pain, musculoskeletal discomforts (MSD), physical activity (PA), mood, and quality of life (QOL) in office workers during COVID-19 restrictions. As a result, this study presents that following UEET, scores of office workers in exercise group on total step count, vigorous PA, moderate-intensity PA, walking, total PA, physical functioning, and body pain subscales of QOL significantly increased compared to scores of office workers in control group, while scores on neck, back and hip discomforts and anxiety and depression significantly decreased. In other words, only one-week UEET and walking advice can improve office workers' daily step counts, MSD, PA levels, mood, and QOL.

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Why is it important?

We have all experienced that during COVID-19 pandemic, physical inactivity and inactivity-related health problems have deepened in many individuals. However, we did not know that whether there are exercise programs through telerehabilitation that will provide rapid relief in a short time in office workers who apply part or full-time teleworking system. Therefore, our study is an important study because it proves the effectiveness of structured short-term exercises; following short-term upper extremity exercise trainings (UEET), scores of office workers in exercise group on total step count, vigorous PA, moderate-intensity PA, walking, total PA, physical functioning, and body pain subscales of QOL significantly increased compared to scores of office workers in control group, while scores on neck, back and hip discomforts and anxiety and depression significantly decreased. Only one-week UEET and walking advice can improve office workers' daily step counts, MSD, PA levels, mood, and QOL.

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