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Physiatrist Ergonomic Intervention on Work Related Musculoskeletal Pain in Surgeons

NCT05946018 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 51

Last updated 2025-06-04

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Summary

The goal of this randomized control trial is to learn if physical therapy coaching and education improves work-related muscle pain in surgeons more than education alone. The main focuses of this study are to:

1. To evaluate pain in surgeons before and after surgical cases.
2. To evaluate work-load related stress in surgeons after surgical cases.
3. To evaluate surgeons' quality of life.
4. To evaluate surgeons' grip strength.

Participants will be put into two groups at random. One group will watch an educational video only. The other group will watch an educational video and get a coaching session from a physical therapist.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Educational video on ergonomics

A 6-8 minute education video that includes information on why ergonomics is important and recommendations for how to arrange the operating room to reduce the risk of injury.

OTHER

Verbal physical therapy coaching sessions

Physical therapy coaching sessions include a standard assessment with individualized instruction on range of motion, strength, endurance, and flexibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kimberly Kho, MD · UTSW

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-09-25
Primary Completion
2025-05-07
Completion
2025-05-07

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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