caa a22 4500 477104495 CHVBK 20180405111550.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02110754 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02110754 Exercise for workers with musculoskeletal pain: Does enhancing compliance decrease pain? [Elektronische Daten] [Steven Linton, Anna-Lisa Hellsing, Gunnar Bergström] A low rate of compliance for exercise regimens is a difficult problem for programs aimed at treating or preventing musculoskeletal pain. In fact, the utility of exercise for common pain problems has been debated since poor compliance confounds proper program evaluation. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effects of a compliance enhancement measure and subsequently to assess the effects of physical activity on pain perception. Forty-eight employees (mean age=42, 20 females) currently working at two companies and who reported musculoskeletal pain, but noexercise habit voluntarily served as subjects. The Comparison Group was provided with information and free membership at a health center. The Exercise Compliance Enhancement Group met individually with a behavioral psychologist, who employed cognitive-behavioral techniques, to plan their activity program. Results showed that the Compliance Enhancement Group had a higher rate of adherence and participated in significantly more exercises over the course of 6 months than did the Comparison Group. However, analyses based on pre- and posttest gain scores showed that the differences between the groups for aerobic capacity and pain intensity were not significant. However, when compilers were compared with noncompliers, those complying with the activity program were found to have improved their aerobic capacity more than noncompliers. Yet for overall pain intensity ratings, the difference between compilers and noncompliers was still not significant. Intensity ratings made immediately before and after exercising indicated that exercise activities were related to a significant increase in pain intensity. These results indicate that compliance for exercise may be significantly improved, but the effect of exercise activities on overall pain intensity was not significant relative to the comparison group. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1996 exercise nationallicence low back pain nationallicence compliance nationallicence Linton Steven Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Örebro Medical Center, S-701 85, Örebro, Sweden aut Hellsing Anna-Lisa Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Örebro Medical Center, S-701 85, Örebro, Sweden aut Bergström Gunnar Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Örebro Medical Center, S-701 85, Örebro, Sweden aut Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 6/3(1996-09-01), 177-190 1053-0487 6:3<177 1996 6 10926 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02110754 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02110754 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Linton Steven Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Örebro Medical Center, S-701 85, Örebro, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hellsing Anna-Lisa Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Örebro Medical Center, S-701 85, Örebro, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bergström Gunnar Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Örebro Medical Center, S-701 85, Örebro, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 6/3(1996-09-01), 177-190 1053-0487 6:3<177 1996 6 10926 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer