Predictive Models for Spine and Lower Extremity Injury After Discharge From Rehab

Completed

Conditions studied: Musculoskeletal Injury, Spinal Injuries, Leg Injuries

In brief

The purpose of this study is to develop algorithms that will help predict future injury and/or re-injury after being returned to duty from a musculoskeletal injury. After completion of an episode of care with a physical therapist, the subjects will undergo a battery of physical performance tests and fill out associated surveys. The subjects will then be followed for a year to identify the occurrence/re-occurence of any injuries. Based on the performance on the physical evaluation tests, algorithms will be derived using regression analysis to predict injury. Subjects will be recruited from the pool of patients that have recently completed physical rehabilitation in physical therapy clinics for their lower extremity or lumbar/thoracic spine injury.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02776930

Run by

Brooke Army Medical Center

People needed

480

Starts

2016-03-01

Expected to finish

2019-11-19

Last updated by the study team

2020-01-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Active duty service member eligible for Tricare benefits
• Lower extremity or lumbar/thoracic spine injury is the patient's primary complaint.
• Determined fit for duty (cleared to return to work) after completing a course of physical therapy for a lower extremity or lumbar/thoracic spine musculoskeletal injury

You may not qualify if…

• Individuals planing on leaving the military within the next 10 months.
• Trauma or polytrauma that results in amputation of any limbs or appendages.
• Pregnancy, or recently pregnant within the last 6 months - subjects that become pregnant during the course of the study will be withdrawn based on the different injury risk factors that are associated with pregnancy.

Where it is running

• Womack Army Medical Center — Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States
• William Beaumont Army Medical Center — Fort Bliss, Texas, United States
• Brooke Army Medical Center — San Antonio, Texas, United States
• Madigan Army Medical Center — Tacoma, Washington, United States

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