Effectiveness of lumbar support with built-in massager system on spinal angle profiles among high-powered traffic police motorcycle riders: A randomised controlled trial
Traffic police riders are exposed to prolonged static postures causing significant angular deviation of the musculoskeletal, including the lumbar angle (L1-L5). This postural alteration contributes to awkward posture, musculoskeletal disorders and spinal injury, especially in the lower back area, as...
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| author | Mohammad Yusof, Nur Athirah Diyana Karuppiah, Karmegam Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Rasdi, Irniza How, Vivien Sambasivam, Sivasankar Mohamad Jamil, Putri Anis Syahira K. C. Mani, Kulanthayan Naeini, Hassan Sadeghi Mohd Suadi Nata, Dayana Hazwani |
| author_facet | Mohammad Yusof, Nur Athirah Diyana Karuppiah, Karmegam Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Rasdi, Irniza How, Vivien Sambasivam, Sivasankar Mohamad Jamil, Putri Anis Syahira K. C. Mani, Kulanthayan Naeini, Hassan Sadeghi Mohd Suadi Nata, Dayana Hazwani |
| author_sort | Mohammad Yusof, Nur Athirah Diyana |
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| description | Traffic police riders are exposed to prolonged static postures causing significant angular deviation of the musculoskeletal, including the lumbar angle (L1-L5). This postural alteration contributes to awkward posture, musculoskeletal disorders and spinal injury, especially in the lower back area, as it is one of the most severe modern diseases nowadays. Thus, the study aimed to evaluate the effect of lumbar support with a built-in massager system on spinal angle profiles among traffic police riders. A randomised controlled trial (pre-testpost-test control design) was used to assess spinal angle pattern while riding the high-powered motorcycle for 20 minutes. Twenty-four traffic police riders were randomly selected to participate and 12 riders were assigned to the control group and 12 riders to the experimental group. The pre-test and post-test were conducted at a one-week interval. Each participant was required to wear a TruPosture Smart Shirt (to monitor spinal posture). The TruPosture Apps recorded the spinal angle pattern. The data indicated that the police riders using motorcycle seat with lumbar support and built-in massager system showed a huge improvement in maintaining posture which only involves slight spinal angle deviation changes from the spinal reference angle throughout the 20 minutes ride. The data collected then were analysed using the Mann-Whitney test and Wilcoxon signed-ranked test to verify a statistically significant difference between and within the control and experimental groups. There were significant differences in all sensors between the control group and experimental groups (p<0.05) and within the experimental group. According to the findings, it can be said that the ergonomic intervention prototype (lumbar support with built-in massager system) successfully helps to maintain and improve the natural curve of the spinal posture. This indirectly would reduce the risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders and spinal injury among traffic police riders. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-968452022-12-01T02:08:48Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96845/ Effectiveness of lumbar support with built-in massager system on spinal angle profiles among high-powered traffic police motorcycle riders: A randomised controlled trial Mohammad Yusof, Nur Athirah Diyana Karuppiah, Karmegam Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Rasdi, Irniza How, Vivien Sambasivam, Sivasankar Mohamad Jamil, Putri Anis Syahira K. C. Mani, Kulanthayan Naeini, Hassan Sadeghi Mohd Suadi Nata, Dayana Hazwani Traffic police riders are exposed to prolonged static postures causing significant angular deviation of the musculoskeletal, including the lumbar angle (L1-L5). This postural alteration contributes to awkward posture, musculoskeletal disorders and spinal injury, especially in the lower back area, as it is one of the most severe modern diseases nowadays. Thus, the study aimed to evaluate the effect of lumbar support with a built-in massager system on spinal angle profiles among traffic police riders. A randomised controlled trial (pre-testpost-test control design) was used to assess spinal angle pattern while riding the high-powered motorcycle for 20 minutes. Twenty-four traffic police riders were randomly selected to participate and 12 riders were assigned to the control group and 12 riders to the experimental group. The pre-test and post-test were conducted at a one-week interval. Each participant was required to wear a TruPosture Smart Shirt (to monitor spinal posture). The TruPosture Apps recorded the spinal angle pattern. The data indicated that the police riders using motorcycle seat with lumbar support and built-in massager system showed a huge improvement in maintaining posture which only involves slight spinal angle deviation changes from the spinal reference angle throughout the 20 minutes ride. The data collected then were analysed using the Mann-Whitney test and Wilcoxon signed-ranked test to verify a statistically significant difference between and within the control and experimental groups. There were significant differences in all sensors between the control group and experimental groups (p<0.05) and within the experimental group. According to the findings, it can be said that the ergonomic intervention prototype (lumbar support with built-in massager system) successfully helps to maintain and improve the natural curve of the spinal posture. This indirectly would reduce the risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders and spinal injury among traffic police riders. Public Library of Science 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96845/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Mohammad Yusof, Nur Athirah Diyana and Karuppiah, Karmegam and Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri and Rasdi, Irniza and How, Vivien and Sambasivam, Sivasankar and Mohamad Jamil, Putri Anis Syahira and K. C. Mani, Kulanthayan and Naeini, Hassan Sadeghi and Mohd Suadi Nata, Dayana Hazwani (2021) Effectiveness of lumbar support with built-in massager system on spinal angle profiles among high-powered traffic police motorcycle riders: A randomised controlled trial. PLoS One, 16 (10). art. no. 0258796. pp. 1-22. ISSN 1932-6203 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258796 10.1371/journal.pone.0258796 |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Yusof, Nur Athirah Diyana Karuppiah, Karmegam Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Rasdi, Irniza How, Vivien Sambasivam, Sivasankar Mohamad Jamil, Putri Anis Syahira K. C. Mani, Kulanthayan Naeini, Hassan Sadeghi Mohd Suadi Nata, Dayana Hazwani Effectiveness of lumbar support with built-in massager system on spinal angle profiles among high-powered traffic police motorcycle riders: A randomised controlled trial |
| title | Effectiveness of lumbar support with built-in massager system on spinal angle profiles among high-powered traffic police motorcycle riders: A randomised controlled trial |
| title_full | Effectiveness of lumbar support with built-in massager system on spinal angle profiles among high-powered traffic police motorcycle riders: A randomised controlled trial |
| title_fullStr | Effectiveness of lumbar support with built-in massager system on spinal angle profiles among high-powered traffic police motorcycle riders: A randomised controlled trial |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of lumbar support with built-in massager system on spinal angle profiles among high-powered traffic police motorcycle riders: A randomised controlled trial |
| title_short | Effectiveness of lumbar support with built-in massager system on spinal angle profiles among high-powered traffic police motorcycle riders: A randomised controlled trial |
| title_sort | effectiveness of lumbar support with built in massager system on spinal angle profiles among high powered traffic police motorcycle riders a randomised controlled trial |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96845/1/ABSTRACT.pdf |
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