A team from The Vert Mooney Research Foundation (DBA US Spine & Sport Foundation) recently presented findings of a 3-year FEMA Fire Prevention & Safety grant – Implementation of a Regional Firefighter Wellness Initiative – at two national conferences – American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) in June 2022 and American Chiropractic College – Research […]
Charity L. Lane, Ph.D., CPT, FNS, GFI – Board Member and Director of Program Development of US Spine & Sport Foundation – successfully defended her PhD doctoral dissertation on “An Exploration of Administrative and Shift Leaders’ Perceptions on Barriers and Facilitators to Adoption and Maintenance of Firefighter Physical Fitness Programs”, Health and Human Performance, Concordia […]
Leonard N. Matheson, PhD recently received the 2021 Health Advocate Award from the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The Health Advocate Award expresses appreciation for extraordinary contributions of national significance that led to the advancement of health promotion and/or health care. AOTA – a leading body of the Occupational Therapy profession in the world – […]
Fire Engineering recently published the article: Mayer JM, Andres A, Lane CL. Implementation of a regional firefighter wellness initiative during a global pandemic. Fire Engineering, 2021;September:2-6 It discusses the Foundation’s FEMA-funded grant, highlighting experiences with one partner fire department. The article is found at this link:
USSSF Director of Program Development and Board Member, Charity Lane, was recently published in the first 2021 edition of the NSCA TSAC Report (#60) on the topic of Sleep programs in the fire service. Lane CL, Melton B. Sleep improvement programs in firefighters – a critically appraised topic. National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) […]
Dagenais S, Hayflinger C, Mayer JM. Economic evaluation of an extended telehealth worksite exercise intervention to reduce lost work time from low back pain in career firefighters. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 2021(Jan 4) (online ahead of print). Found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33394268/ Abstract Purpose Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of lost work […]
Found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32796259/ Objective: This study assessed worksite exercise delivered by on-site supervision (supervised) or telehealth to reduce lost work time (LWT) related to low back pain (LBP) in firefighters. Methods: A cluster randomized controlled trial assigned 264 career firefighters to supervised (n = 86) or telehealth (n = 95) back and core exercises 2X/week […]
US Spine & Sport Foundation (aka The Vert Mooney Research Foundation), in partnership with West Coast Sports Institute (Santa Clara, CA), has been selected to serve as a site for a multi-site clinical trial on COVID-19. The clinical trial, which is sponsored by Kaleido Biosciences, Inc (Bedford, MA), will test the safety and effects of […]
Objectives: To demonstrate the efficacy and validity of a method employed by non-behavioral health practitioners to screen for and appropriately triage musculoskeletal pain patients who also are experiencing depressive illness. Methods: As part of a previously-published psychometric research study conducted in a community-based musculoskeletal pain rehabilitation program, a method was developed for nonbehavioral health practitioners […]
Found here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7353453/