Tomomi Anan|Shigeyuki Kajiki|Hiroyuki Oka|Tomoko Fujii|K. Kawamata|Koji Mori|Ko Matsudaira
Effects of an Artificial Intelligence–Assisted Health Program on Workers With Neck/Shoulder Pain/Stiffness and Low Back Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial
University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan|University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan|The University of Tokyo|The University of Tokyo|The University of Tokyo|University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan|The University of Tokyo
musculoskeletal symptoms neck shoulder painstiffness low back pain common health problems working population leading causes presenteeism employees physically present work unable fully engaged recently digital interventions begun used manage health effectiveness yet fully verified adherence programs always problemthis study aimed evaluate improvements musculoskeletal symptoms workers neckshoulder stiffnesspain low back pain use exercisebased artificial intelligence aiassisted interactive health promotion system operates mobile messaging app aiassisted health program expected program would support participants adherence exerciseswe conducted twoarmed randomized controlled unblinded trial workers either neckshoulder stiffnesspain low back pain recruited participants symptoms email notifications intervention group received aiassisted health program chatbot sent messages users exercise instructions fixed time every day smartphones chatting app line 12 weeks program fully automated control group continued usual care routines assessed subjective severity neck shoulder painstiffness low back pain participants using scoring scale 1 5 intervention group control group baseline 12 weeks intervention using webbased form used logistic regression model calculate odds ratios ors intervention group achieve reduce pain scores control group ors subjective assessment improvement symptoms compared intervention control groups performed using stata software version 16 statacorp llcwe analyzed 48 participants intervention group 46 participants control group adherence rate 92 4448 intervention participants intervention group showed significant improvements severity neckshoulder painstiffness low back pain compared control group 636 95 ci 2571573 p001 based subjective assessment improvement painstiffness 12 weeks 36 75 48 participants intervention group 3 7 46 participants control group showed improvements improved slightly improved 4300 95 ci 112516428 p001this study shows short exercises provided aiassisted health program improved neckshoulder painstiffness low back pain 12 weeks studies needed identify elements contributing successful outcome aiassisted health programuniversity hospital medical information networkclinical trials registry uminctr 000033894 httpsuploaduminacjpcgiopenbinctrectrviewcgirecptnor000038307