Orthopedic Surgeons stronger, more intelligent and alpha than Anesthesiologists

[flatearth22]

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Is this what passes for research in the UK?

http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d7506?view=long&pmid=22174322

Objective To compare the intelligence and grip strength of orthopaedic surgeons and anaesthetists.


Design Multicentre prospective comparative study.


Setting Three UK district general hospitals in 2011.


Participants 36 male orthopaedic surgeons and 40 male anaesthetists at consultant or specialist registrar grade.


Main outcome measures Intelligence test score and dominant hand grip strength.


Results Orthopaedic surgeons had a statistically significantly greater mean grip strength (47.25 (SD 6.95) kg) than anaesthetists (43.83 (7.57) kg). The mean intelligence test score of orthopaedic surgeons was also statistically significantly greater at 105.19 (10.85) compared with 98.38 (14.45) for anaesthetists.


Conclusions Male orthopaedic surgeons have greater intelligence and grip strength than their male anaesthetic colleagues, who should find new ways to make fun of their orthopaedic friends.

 

[smq123]

The BMJ always publishes a not-really-serious issue each Christmas. It's a tradition.

Christmas, 2011:
* Manchester United induced addisonian crisis [Manchester United is a soccer team]
* Was James Joyce myopic or hyperopic?
* What Three Wise Men have to say about diagnosis

Christmas, 2010:
* Testing the validity of the Danish urban myth that alcohol can be absorbed through feet: open labelled self experimental study
* Beauty sleep: experimental study on the perceived health and attractiveness of sleep deprived people

Christmas, 2009:
* Ingested foreign bodies and societal wealth: three year observational study of swallowed coins
* Perceived age as clinically useful biomarker of ageing: cohort study

Christmas, 2008:
* Head and neck injury risks in heavy metal: head bangers stuck between rock and a hard bass
* Is golf bad for your hearing?

One of my favorites came out in the Christmas, 2006 issue: Phenotypic differences between male physicians, surgeons, and film stars: comparative study

 

[DrDrToBe]

This is too funny... check out the youtube video that is the first reference in the article:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rTsvb2ef5k

 

[Smurfette]

This is too funny... check out the youtube video that is the first reference in the article:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rTsvb2ef5k

😆 😆

I've seen it before, but it still makes me giggle.

 

[tiedyeddog]

This is too funny... check out the youtube video that is the first reference in the article:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rTsvb2ef5k

That's awesome, haha.

 

[Kadava Reviva]

Now, I'll know who to call to open a jar of pickles.