Work Injury Prevention in Law Enforcement Officials

NCT01878162 | Suspended

• 1 other identifier: UPacific_Davenport1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 108
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 5

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Exercise

Keywords

Prevention; Wellness; Occupation; Work; Law Enforcement; Exercise

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Number of Work Injury Claims During the Study Period

  One time, at one year following enrollment into the study

• Medical Expenditures Related to Work Injury Claims During the Study Period

  One time, at one year following enrollment into the study

• Number of Missed Work Days Due to Illness or Injury

  One time, at one year following enrollment into the study

• Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire - General Health Subscale

  The Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI) Questionnaire was developed to measure the personal and economic effects of lost workplace productivity in the context of clinical trials. In this study, the WPAI-General Health (GH) version will be used in order to assess lost productivity and wellness during the study period. The WPAI-GH is a 6-item scale that solicits the number of hours missed from work and level of functional impairment perceived at work during the previous week. Four scores are calculated from the WPAI-GH, including percentage of work time missed due to health, percentage impairment while working due to health, percentage activity impairment due to health, an overall percentage work impairment. Time series data will be collected to observe trends over time that may relate to independent variables in this study, as well as to examine for previously unknown and uncontrolled variation (ie, seasonal variability).

  Weekly, up to one year following enrollment into the study

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Functional Movement Screen

  One time, at 3 months following enrollment into the study

• Star Balance Excursion Test

  One time, at 3 months following enrollment into the study

Study Arms (1)

Exercise

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Other: Exercise

Interventions

Exercise OTHER

Exercise

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of the Pacific: lead

Study Sites (5)

Butte Premier Physical Therapy

Chico, California, 95928, United States

Location

Physical Edge

Davis, California, 95618, United States

Location

PUMP Institute

Lodi, California, 95240, United States

Location

Lodi Physical Therapy

Lodi, California, 95242, United States

Location

University of the Pacific

Stockton, California, 95211, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Interventions

Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Todd E Davenport, PT, DPT, OCS

  University of the Pacific

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 3, 2012
• First Posted: June 14, 2013
• Study Start: August 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2015
• Study Completion: December 1, 2015
• Last Updated: July 2, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-07

Locations

US (5)