Reducing Musculoskeletal Stresses and Work-related Injuries Among Allied Health Professionals in Surgical Care

Completed

Conditions studied: Musculoskeletal Injury, Musculoskeletal Illness

In brief

1. What are the risk factors that contribute to musculoskeletal injuries and fatigue on allied health professionals in surgical care (e.g. scrub nurses, surgical assistants, and circulating nurses)? 2. Can the investigators design wearable devices that the investigators can later evaluate?

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02597959

Run by

Mayo Clinic

People needed

21

Starts

2015-09-01

Expected to finish

2016-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-09-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• ≥ 18 years of age
• Employed at Mayo Clinic Rochester as Surgical Assistant, Circulating Nurse, and Scrub Nurse (Surgical Technicians)
• Exclusion Criteria, Aims 1 and 2:
• None

Where it is running

• Mayo Clinic in Rochester — Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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