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Published in: Trials 1/2022

Open Access 01-12-2022 | Musculoskeletal Pain | Study protocol

Impact of El-Poems study: the e-learning for postural education in music students: a randomized controlled trial protocol

Authors: Zahra Akbari-Chehrehbargh, Sedigheh Sadat Tavafian

Published in: Trials | Issue 1/2022

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Abstract

Background

Musculoskeletal pain (MP) has today intensified in a large proportion of music students in Iran. Poor posture while playing an instrument is thus assumed as a very significant risk factor affecting such a condition in this population. The present study aims to evaluate the impact of electronic learning (e-learning) for postural education to music students on posture behavior and MP (abbreviated as an El-Poems study).

Methods

This study is a matched-pair, two-arm, parallel randomized controlled trial (RCT). The participants, as the 7th-to-12th-grade music students, will be accordingly assigned to intervention (n = 204) and control (n = 204) groups, based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The postural education will be also presented through the web-based Student Education Network (with the acronym, SHAD) at the Tehran Conservatory of Music, Tehran, Iran. The intervention program consists of four sessions, using the Integrated Change (I-Change) model. It will be also implemented by a trained physical education instructor and a health educator. The content of the program includes raising awareness, building motivation, and developing skills. Besides, its components are comprised of specific proper postures viz. standing, sitting, lifting, carrying, and hand position while playing a musical instrument. The primary outcome is the MP that will be assessed by the Nordic Body Map (NBM) questionnaire and a numerical rating scale (NRS), and the secondary outcome is the posture behavior that will be evaluated objectively, using the Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) tool. The data will be also collected at baseline and after a six-month follow-up.

Conclusion

This RCT is an innovative study as a pioneer to represent the first attempt for web-based postural education as well as an attractive intervention to prevent MP in Iranian music students.

Trial registration

Current Controlled Trials IRCT201805280398​85N2. Prospectively registered on 11 September 2021
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Metadata
Title
Impact of El-Poems study: the e-learning for postural education in music students: a randomized controlled trial protocol
Authors
Zahra Akbari-Chehrehbargh
Sedigheh Sadat Tavafian
Publication date
01-12-2022
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Trials / Issue 1/2022
Electronic ISSN: 1745-6215
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06335-4

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