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Establishing the Musculoskeletal Injury Rehabilitation Research for Operational Readiness (MIRROR) — EWI 2020

Hager N, Isaacson B, Dickens J, Wagner L, Heller J, Lucio W, Rowland M, West S, Pasquina P

Abstracted submitted to Extremity War Injuries Symposium 2020

In order to enhance the DoD’s efforts in addressing the negative impact of MSI, we created MIRROR to study risk factors, generate prevention strategies, optimize treatments, and establish return-to-duty criteria that is based on scientific evidence rather than case-specific clinical judgment alone. Although the work at civilian facilities will be limited, investigators from these sites were included to engage national leaders in MSI research, ensure scientific rigor, enhance the mentorship of junior military clinical researchers, and scale these novel therapies for the general population.

Data and Analytics Infrastructure to Advance Musculoskeletal Injury Rehabilitation Research — EWI 2020

Heller J, Roddy W, Isaacson B, Hager N, Pasquina P

Abstracted submitted to Extremity War Injuries Symposium 2020

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Within the MHS, data and analytics activities are commonly coordinated on an ad hoc basis using solutions like Microsoft Excel. This approach often acts as a barrier to efficient research and fails to scale. The development of a shared data and analytics infrastructure across MIRROR projects enables program information and insights to be communicated in an efficient, timely, and approachable manner. Ultimately, this allows military-relevant musculoskeletal injury rehabilitation research to be advanced in a data-driven way.