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The 2018 Cochrane review found very low-quality evidence that supplementary breaks reduce upper limb discomfort in office workers.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“For organisational interventions, in the form of supplementary breaks, there is very low-quality evidence of an effect on upper limb discomfort.”
Ergonomic interventions for preventing work-related musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limb and neck among office workers, Vincent C.W. Hoe et al., Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018, Authors' conclusions.
Open the original (DOI 10.1002/14651858.CD008570.pub3)- What it measures
- The review pooled randomised trials of ergonomic interventions for office workers with upper limb or neck disorders, searched up to 10 October 2018.
- What it does not show
- Very low-quality evidence, from only a few studies, so it is a signal rather than a firm result.
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