Parachute use to prevent death, major trauma when jumping from aircraft (2018)
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Re: Parachute use to prevent death, major trauma when jumping from aircraft (2018)
#2Now we need a double-blind version.
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#3Replication study required with more participants and potentially less extrapolation for higher altitudes. Seems to be a large assumption for high altitude applicability.
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#4A within-subjects design would remove the influence of individual differences.
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#5> [...] However, the trial was only able to enroll participants on small stationary aircraft on the ground, suggesting cautious extrapolation to high altitude jumps.
I'm surprised they were permitted to use human participants for this in the first place. Should have been done in mice and on the floor of a lab, as a first pass.
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#6I didn't know The Onion published studies.
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#7I didn't know The Onion published studies.
As long as the protocol and data checks out, anything can be a study. That said, not everything is equally useful.
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#8The Christmas edition of the BMJ traditionally includes some satire.
https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-authors/article-type...
Re: Parachute use to prevent death, major trauma when jumping from aircraft (2018)
#9Ig Nobel candidate?