Climber Hand Pain Study - Anonymous Survey (link below)
Hi all,
My name is Kelly Tomasevich and I am a climber and an orthopaedic surgery resident at Washington University in St. Louis. Following graduation from residency next year, I am planning to pursue specialized training in hand surgery, and I hope to eventually provide operative and nonoperative treatment for climbers from the perspective of someone who also climbs.
I am working on research to create a heat map of hand pain in climbers, and to stratify hand pain based on age, climbing experience, training frequency, and disciplines of climbing. We are also looking at care seeking behavior of climbers with pain (whether people go see a medical professional) and the barriers that may exist to care in the climbing population.
The survey should take about 5 minutes and is a chance to share your experience climbing and your experience of any related wrist, hand, and finger pain or injuries. This is an anonymous survey with minimal risk and will not ask you for any personal information. This survey is for climbers aged 18 or older.
If you can pass this along to fellow climbers, competitive or recreational, that would be greatly appreciated. To protect your privacy, please do not comment on this post.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me at tomasevich@wustl.edu or at 314-699-2150.
Best,
Kelly
Edit: Repost for title to state link is below. Please note, if I could provide compensation I would. This study is not funded, and I am not getting paid anything extra for it either, nor is it a requirement for my program. It is a passion project and a merger of my interests, which may benefit our climbing community in the future. Thanks for reading!