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ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2021

Musculoskeletal Injuries in US Air Force Security Forces, January 2009 to December 2018.

Julia N Sundstrom, Bryant J Webber, George L Delclos, John R Herbold, David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras

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Article in Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Work-Related Musculoskeletal Problems: A Look at How Employers View Causes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Julia N SundstromThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health in San Antonio (Dr Sundstrom, Dr Herbold); U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (Dr Webber); The Office of Legislative Liaison, Congressional Correspondence Division, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, DC (Dr Sundstrom); The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Houston (Dr Delclos); The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health in San Antonio, Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (Dr Porras), San Antonio, Texas.
Bryant J Webber
George L Delclos
John R Herbold
David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · USSouthwest Center for Educational Excellence · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USUnited States Air Force · US

Funding

Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental HealthT42OH008421 · OH · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI FELKNOR, SARAH A. · 2005 to 2024
$24.1M
ACL HHS T42OH008421NIOSH CDC HHS T42 OH008421
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo determine the incidence, types, and risk factors of musculoskeletal injuries in a military security forces population.

methodsDemographic and diagnostic data were retrieved on enlisted US Air Force security forces personnel who served on active duty between January 2009 and December 2018. Incidence rates and ratios were calculated using Poisson regression.

resultsDuring 251,787 person-years of exposure, 62,489 personnel served on active duty. Of these, 40,771 (65.2%) were diagnosed with at least one musculoskeletal injury. The majority (60.1%) of the 164,078 unique musculoskeletal injuries were inflammation and pain secondary to overuse. After adjusting for other factors, women had a 31% higher injury rate than men, and those who were overweight and obese had 15% and 30% higher rates, respectively, than normal-weight peers.

conclusionsModifiable and non-modifiable factors contribute to musculoskeletal injuries in the security forces career field.

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Military PersonnelMusculoskeletal DiseasesFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleOverweightRisk FactorsUnited States

Identifiers

PMID33950044
PMCPMC8607196
OpenAlexW3157844984

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