Musculoskeletal Injuries' Prediction Tool for Military Combatants in the Israeli Defense Force (FMS)
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Cumulative Trauma Disorders
- Sponsor
- Sheba Medical Center
- Enrollment
- 300
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Baseline surveillance
- Last Updated
- 12 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Emerging evidences indicate that performance on a variety of functional movement screens can identify athletes/soldiers at risk for injury. These field expedient tests have not been validated in a military setting or across different military occupational specialties. In this prospective study the investigators plan to screen 300 combatants for a 1-year time frame in order to validate the suggested algorithm of a list of modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors which are hypothesized to predict injury risk during the military service.
Detailed Description
Injury data will be collected through physician exam, self-report, profile data, and healthcare utilization data. Injury data will be collected at baseline and for six iterations, every 60 days, over the course of one year following baseline. Based on the data collected, clinical prediction rules will be used to develop computerized algorithm to predict injury risk in these populations. Moreover, these results will assist in creating individualized preventing physical training program.
Investigators
Dr. Oren Schwarz
Investigator in Heller institute of medical research
Sheba Medical Center
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Ages 18-21 years old
- •A combat medical profile according the IDF Medical Corp regulations
- •Hebrew speaking and reading.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Currently seeking medical care for musculoskeletal injuries or has sought medical care for musculoskeletal injury in the last 30 days.
- •Currently unable to participate in routine physical training due to injury in foot, ankle, knee, hip, neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist, or hand injury.
- •Cardiac or pulmonary problems limiting physical activity.
- •Known history of balance or visual impairment, neurological disorders, or chronic musculoskeletal conditions precluding their involvement in military training, physical training, or sports.
- •Pregnancy, subjects that become pregnant during the course of the study will be excluded based on the different injury risk factors that are associated with musculoskeletal injury during pregnancy.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Baseline surveillance
Time Frame: 1 week
In this study all subjects will undergo a baseline assessment on recruitment, in which demographic, biopsychosocial, and physical data will be collected.
Injury surveillance
Time Frame: 1 year
Yearly injury surveillance will be conducted on a 2-month basis in which the research team will prospectively collect data on any injury occurrence and medical health utilization among the study's subjects.
Secondary Outcomes
- Physical assessment(1 year)
- Demographic and biopsychosocial data(1 week)