Table 1

Search terms and PubMed search strategy

Search termsPubMed search strategy
(“Office Work” [tiab] OR “Office Worker”[tiab] OR “Office Workers”[tiab] OR “Desk Worker”[tiab] OR “Desk Workers”[tiab] OR “Computer Work”[tiab] OR “Computer Workers”[tiab] OR “Nonmanual Workers”[tiab] OR “Administrative Personnel”[MeSH] OR “Administrative Personnel”[tiab] OR “sedentary workers”[tiab] OR “sedentary personnel”[tiab] OR “sedentary employees”[tiab] OR “Work Performance”[MeSH] OR “Work Performance”[tiab] OR “Work Performances”[MeSH] OR “Work Performances”[tiab] OR “Job Performance”[MeSH] OR “Job Performance”[tiab] OR “Job Performances”[MeSH] OR “Job Performances”[tiab] OR “Occupational Diseases”[Mesh] OR “Occupational Disease*“[tiab] OR “Occupational Illness*“[tiab] OR “Administrative Personnel”[MeSH] OR “Administrative Personnel”[tiab] OR “White Collar Worker” [tiab] OR “Administrative Worker”[tiab] OR “Corporate Workers”[tiab] OR “Video Display terminal workers”[tiab] OR “Video Display Visual operators”[tiab] OR “Clerical wokers”[tiab])
Musculoskeletal disorders(“Musculoskeletal Illness”[MeSH] OR “Musculoskeletal Illness”[tiab] OR “Musculoskeletal Pain”[MeSH] OR “Musculoskeletal Pain”[tiab] OR “Musculoskeletal Pain”[MeSH] OR “Musculoskeletal Pain”[tiab] OR “Musculoskeletal Disease”[MeSH] OR “Musculoskeletal Disease”[tiab] OR “Musculoskeletal Diseases”[MeSH] OR “Musculoskeletal Diseases”[tiab] OR “Musculoskeletal Disorder”[tiab] OR “Musculoskeletal Disorders”[tiab] OR “Musculoskeletal Disfunction”[tiab] OR “Musculoskeletal Disfunctions”[tiab] OR “Low back pain”[MeSH] OR “Low back pain”[tiab] OR “Low back pains”[tiab] OR “Lumbago”[tiab] OR “Lower Back Pain”[tiab] OR “Lower Back pains”[tiab] OR “Low Back Ache”[tiab] OR “Low Back Aches”[tiab] OR “Low Backache”[tiab] OR “Low Backaches”[tiab] OR “Postural Low back pain”[tiab] OR “Posterior Compartment Low back pain”[tiab] OR “Recurrent Low back pain”[tiab] OR “Mechanical Low back pain”[tiab] OR “Neck pain”[MeSH] OR “Neck pain”[tiab] OR “Neck pains”[tiab] OR “Neck Ache”[tiab] OR “NeckAches”[tiab] OR “Cervicalgia”[tiab] OR “Cervicalgias”[tiab] OR “Cervicodynia”[tiab] OR “Cervicodynias”[tiab] OR “Cervical Pain”[tiab] OR “Cervical Pains”[tiab] OR “Posterior Cervical Pain”[tiab] OR “Posterior Cervical Pains”[tiab] OR “Posterior Neck Pain”[tiab] OR “Posterior Neck Pains”[tiab] OR “Anterior Cervical Pain”[tiab] OR “Anterior Cervical Pains”[tiab] OR “Posterior Neck Pain”[tiab] OR “Posterior Neck Pains”[tiab] OR “Shoulder pain”[MeSH] OR “Shoulder pain”[tiab] OR “Shoulder pains”[tiab])
Exercise interventions(“Exercise movement Therapy”[MeSH] OR “Exercise movement Therapy”[tiab] OR “Exercise Therapy”[MeSH] OR “Exercise Therapy”[tiab] OR “Circuit Based Exercise”[MeSH] “Circuit Based Exercise”[tiab] OR “Stretching Exercise”[MeSH] OR “Stretching Exercise”[tiab] OR Yoga[MeSH] OR Yoga[tiab] OR “Pilates Training”[tiab] OR (“Active Rest”[tiab] OR “Active Rests”[tiab] OR “Active Pause”[tiab] OR “Active Pauses”[tiab] OR “Active Break”[tiab] OR “Active Breaks”[tiab] OR “Exercise Therapy”[MeSH] OR “Exercise Therapy”[tiab] OR “Exercise Therapies”[tiab] OR “Remedial Exercise”[tiab] OR “Remedial Exercises”[tiab] OR “Rehabilitation Exercise”[tiab] OR “Rehabilitation Exercises”[tiab] OR “Incidental Physical activity”[tiab] OR “Standing breaks”[tiab] OR “Stretching breaks”[tiab] OR “Mobility exercise”[tiab] OR “Workplace exercise intervention”[tiab])
  • MeSH, medical subject headings.