Sitting too long? new study tests simple fixes for office back pain
NCT ID NCT07250568
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a combination of exercise, posture education, and standing advice can reduce low back pain in office workers who sit at computers for long hours. Sixty participants will be split into three groups to see which approach works best. The goal is to find a practical, low-cost way to ease pain and improve daily life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Exercise program, posture education, and standing advice
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a simple, low-cost program to reduce low back pain and improve quality of life for office workers.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 60 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The interventions are behavioral and may not work for all types of back pain.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 58 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Identified LBP 2. Age between 18 - 60 years old 3. In the office, working in front computer/laptop minimum along 4 hours per day 4. Able to ambulate independently with or without walking aids 5. Controlled comorbidity e.g. DM, HPT, managed asthma and controlled thyroid conditions Exclusion Criteria: 1. Recumbent 2. Cancer, spinal fracture, neurological disorder (stroke, PBI and soon) 3. Participation in a current fitness program designed to prevent LBP recurrence 4. Spinal operation within the last six months 5. Pregnant 6. Medication (steroid therapy, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), opioids, muscle relaxants, antidepressants or anxiolytics) 7. Insufficient to finish outcome measurements and exercise program 8. Participants who do not attend 3 consecutive weeks or 8 consecutive times
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta
RECRUITINGDepok, West Java, 16514, Indonesia
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