Musculoskeletal Injuries' Prediction Tool for Military Combatants in the Israeli Defense Force (FMS)

Sheba Medical Center

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Cumulative Trauma Disorders

Treatments

Other: Functional movement screen

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02091713

1294-2013 (Other Identifier)

SHEBA-13-0529-BA-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment

300 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 21 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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.