Microbreaks in the OR to Mitigate High Physical and Mental Demands

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Conditions studied: Attention Concentration Difficulty, Neck Pain, Back Pain, Shoulder Pain, Fatigue

In brief

Will targeted intraoperative exercises performed by surgeons during surgery, mitigate high physical and mental demands while enhancing performance during surgical procedures?

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02565394

Run by

Mayo Clinic

People needed

8

Starts

2015-01-02

Expected to finish

2017-11-06

Last updated by the study team

2018-02-13

Who can join

Age: 22 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Attending surgeons (Cardiothoracic, Colon and Rectal, General, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ophthalmic, Orthopedic, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck, Neurology, Urology, Plastic and Maxillofacial, Rural, Urology, Thoracic and Vascular ) or surgeons in training that are board certified or board eligible, performing open or minimally invasive surgery within the scope of their practice in the house of surgery at Mayo Clinic Rochester
• Over the age of 21
• As feasible, equal numbers of males, females and minorities
• Performing greater than 50% of the surgery

You may not qualify if…

• Participants who are visibly unwell or report being unwell at time of study
• Participants unable to devote the minimum time required to complete study procedures

Where it is running

• Mayo Clinic in Arizona — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
• Mayo Clinic in Florida — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
• Mayo Clinic in Rochester — Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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