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55percent reporting recovery
In the 2003 trial of software that prompted breaks, 55 percent of workers in the intervention groups reported recovery from their complaints, against 34 percent in the control group.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“more subjects in the intervention groups than in the control group reported recovery (55% versus 34%) from their complaints”
Effects of software programs stimulating regular breaks and exercises on work-related neck and upper-limb disorders, Svend G. van den Heuvel et al., Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 2003, Results.
Open the original (DOI 10.5271/sjweh.712)- What it measures
- Workers with neck or upper limb complaints were randomised across 22 office locations. The software prompted breaks during an eight-week period.
- What it does not show
- Self-reported recovery. Severity and frequency of complaints did not differ significantly between the groups.