Planning IUCRC The Ohio State University: Center for Disruptive Musculoskeletal Innovations (CDMI)

该奖项支持一个规划研讨会，以评估工业对俄亥俄州立大学(OSU)研究议程的兴趣，作为NSF资助的工业大学破坏性肌肉骨骼创新合作研究中心的潜在地点。俄亥俄州立大学网站的主要目标是扩大该中心-S对导致肌肉骨骼疾病(MSD)并产生反复损伤的因果途径的了解，并将这些知识转化为可轻松应用于预防的有用工具。这将通过多学科的研究工作来实现，这些研究工作在行业顾问的指导下，使用工程技术来了解和预防MSD，重点放在：识别与工作相关的背痛和其他MSD的来源；通过创新的干预技术预防这些伤害；以及评估和治疗那些发展为MSD的人，使他们能够安全地重返工作岗位。俄亥俄州立大学S团队的生物力学模型将能够评估身体暴露、个人因素和心理社会影响如何相互作用，以加载软组织并改变肌肉骨骼系统中的生化反应，从而导致员工疼痛、受伤可能性和残疾。这些努力将补充现有的颠覆性肌肉骨骼创新中心的工作及其改善MSD疗法和治疗的总体使命。这将创造一种更全面、更系统的伤害预防方法(降低医疗成本的最具成本效益的手段)，并有助于改善那些患有腰部疾病和其他肌肉骨骼疾病的人的管理和生活质量。这些软组织扭伤/拉伤约占所有工作场所受伤或疾病的三分之一，比其他任何疾病都多。在所有MSD中，腰背疾病(LBD)本身就影响着80%的人口，每年给社会造成约1000亿美元的损失。它们是最致残的伤害类型，造成大约1亿个工作日的损失，美国雇主每年仅治疗员工背部疼痛就花费约300亿美元。因此，预防这些健康问题是至关重要的，也是减少伤害和帮助解决这个国家的医疗危机的合乎逻辑的步骤-S。然而，这些损伤的原因往往是复杂的，多因素的，而且知之甚少。因此，该网站的研究人员(在行业顾问的指导下)将通过应用我们复杂的分析技术来更好地了解个体受伤的原因，从而解决MSD的重要问题。我们的网站将对现有的专注于改善MSD治疗的中心进行补充，以形成更全面、系统的伤害预防流程。在该网站工作的研究人员和学生将开发和应用增强的工程技术，以改善个人的健康和生活，并使公司在全球市场上更繁荣和更具竞争力。

This award supports a planning workshop towards assessing industrial interest in the research agenda of the Ohio State University (OSU) as a potential site addition to the NSF funded Industry University Cooperative Research Center for Disruptive Musculoskeletal Innovations. The OSU Site's primary goals are to expand the center?s understanding of the causal pathways that result in musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and produce recurrent injuries and to translate this knowledge into useful tools that can be easily applied for prevention. This will be accomplished through multidisciplinary research efforts that use engineering techniques to understand and prevent MSDs, guided by industry advisors, that focus on: identifying sources of work-related back pain and other MSDs; preventing these injuries through innovative intervention techniques; and evaluating and treating those who have developed an MSD so that they can safely return to work. The OSU team?s biomechanical models will enable evaluation of how physical exposures, individual factors, and psychosocial influences interact to load soft tissues and change biochemical responses within the musculoskeletal system that contribute to employee pain, injury potential, and disability. These efforts will complement the work of the existing Center for Disruptive Musculoskeletal Innovations and its overall mission to improve MSD therapies and treatments. This will create a more-holistic, systematic approach to injury prevention (the most cost-effective means to reduce healthcare costs) and assist in improving the management and quality of life of those suffering from low back disorders and other musculoskeletal diseases.Treating those suffering from a musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) is costly. These soft tissue sprains/strains account for about one-third of all workplace injuries or illnesses, more than any other. Of all MSDs, low back disorders (LBDs) themselves affect 80% of the population and cost society about $100 billion annually. They are the most disabling type of injury, responsible for approximately 100 million lost workdays, and U.S. employers spend about $30 billion each year just to treat employee back pain. Thus, preventing these health issues is vital and the logical step to reduce injuries and help solve this nation?s healthcare crisis. However, the causes of these injuries often are complex, multi-factorial, and poorly understood. So, researchers at this Site (guided by industry advisors) will address important MSD concerns, by applying our sophisticated analysis techniques to better understand the causal pathways by which individuals become injured. Our Site will complement an existing Center that focuses on improving MSD treatments, to form a more-comprehensive, systematic injury prevention process. Researchers and students working within this Site will develop and apply enhanced engineering techniques to improve the health and lives of individuals as well as make companies more prosperous and competitive in the global market.