Survey reveals how many surgeons suffer from Job-Related aches and pains
NCT ID NCT07562126
First seen Jun 27, 2026 ยท Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study surveyed 285 Egyptian orthopedic surgeons to find out how many have work-related muscle and bone problems. The researchers also looked at whether age, weight, hours worked, or specialty affected the risk. The goal was to understand the problem better, not to test a treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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285 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Finished
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Mar 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Egyptian orthopedic surgeons
- Ages
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25 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Egyptian orthopedic surgeons and participants must have been working for at least 5 years. Exclusion Criteria: * any history of traumatic injuries of relevant regions within the past year such as whiplash injury, any history of surgical interventions of relevant regions within the past year, other medical conditions that may have a negative effect on the spine and upper extremities such as deformity, chronic diseases affecting the musculoskeletal system such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and other connective tissue disorders (such as fibromyalgia), neurological and orthopedic disorders as well as sensory deficits and consumption of any sedative drug or alcohol within the past 48 hours.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Egyptian National Hospitals
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, 11865, Egypt
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