Work Injury Prevention in Law Enforcement Officials

University of the Pacific

Status: Suspended

Conditions: Exercise

Treatments: Other: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01878162

UPacific_Davenport1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Law enforcement officials (LEOs) demonstrate an elevated risk for occupational injury. The effectiveness of exercise-based work injury prevention programs (WIPPs) to reduce the risk and costs associated with occupational injury has yet to be tested rigorously in LEOs. The accuracy of existing field tests of physical functioning to predict occupational injuries and related expenses remains unclear. The objectives of this study are to: (i) determine the effect of an exercise-based WIPP on occupational wellness and productivity in a cohort of LEOs, and (ii) to determine the accuracy of 2 common field assessments of physical function to predict lost work productivity and related expenses in a cohort of LEOs.

Enrollment: 108 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 18 and 60 years
• Working full duty as a law enforcement official

Exclusion criteria

• Current history of pathology or symptoms that preclude exercise
• Medical or rehabilitative treatment for a work-related injury within the past year prior to enrollment in this study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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108 participants in 1 patient group

Exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Exercise will occur 3 times weekly for 6 months in 20-minute exercise sessions. Sessions will take place independently. Follow-up and progression of the home program will be completed in person or by video teleconferencing at regular intervals throughout the intervention phase.

Treatment:

Other: Exercise