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Multicentre prospective comparative study  \n OPEN ACCESS  \nP Subramanian trauma and orthopaedic specialist registrar 1 , S Kantharuban core surgical trainee, Oxford Deanery2 , V Subramanian foundation year trainee, Mersey Deanery3 , S A G Willis-Owen postdoctoral research scientist 4 , C A Willis-Owen consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon 5  \n1North East Thames London Orthopaedic Rotation, Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, London W11 1NR, UK; 2Milton Keynes Hospital, Eaglestone, Milton Keynes MK6 5LD, UK; 3Southport General Hospital, Southport PR8 6PN, UK; 4National Heart and Lung Institute, London SW3 6LY; 5Queen Mary’s Hospital, Kent DA14 6LT, UK  \nAbstract  \nObjective To compare the intelligence and grip strength of orthopaedic surgeons and anaesthetists.  \nDesign Multicentre prospective comparative study.  \nSetting Three UK district general hospitals in 2011.  \nParticipants 36 male orthopaedic surgeons and 40 male anaesthetists at consultant or specialist registrar grade.  \nMain outcome measures Intelligence test score and dominant hand grip strength.  \nResults 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.  \nConclusions 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.  \nIntroduction  \nA humorous anaesthetic colleague recently repeated the following popular saying while an operating table was being repaired with a mallet: “typical orthopaedic surgeon—as strong as an ox but half as bright.” Making fun of orthopaedic surgeons is a popular pastime in operating theatres throughout the country. This pursuit has recently spread to the internet; a humorous animation entitled “orthopedia vs anesthesia” had received more than half a million hits at the time of writing.1 Several comparisons of orthopaedic surgeons to primates have been  \npublished, and the medical literature contains suggestions that orthopaedic surgery requires brute force and ignorance.2-4 The stereotypical image of the strong but stupid orthopaedic surgeon has not been subject to scientific scrutiny. Previous studies have shown that the average hand size of orthopaedic surgeons is larger than that of general surgeons.2 3 However, a search of the worldwide scientific literature found no studies assessing the strength or intelligence of orthopaedic surgeons. In the absence of a cohort of willing oxen as a control group, and given that the phrase is popular with anaesthetists, we designed this study to compare the mean grip strength of the dominant hand and the intelligence test score of orthopaedic surgeons and anaesthetists.⇓  \nMethods  \nWe compared the strength and intelligence of orthopaedic surgeons and anaesthetists in three district general hospitals during a two week period in 2011. We included consultant and registrar grades, as these grades indicate commitment to the chosen specialty. We invited all doctors who were present in the hospital during any day of the two week period to participate. We excluded doctors on leave for the whole period and those who chose not to take part. Because of a lack of female orthopaedic surgeons in all three hospitals, we restricted the study to men.  \nWe measured intelligence by using a surrogate for the widely accepted intelligence quotient (IQ). By definition, the median IQ of the general population is 100 and the standard deviation is 15. We used the Mensa Brain Test version 1.1.0 (Barnstorm  \nCorrespondence to: P Subramanian [dr","cbCaitE1HTKs5Mhm","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitE1HTKs5Mhm","pdf",369727,"English","# Abstract\n## Objective\n## Design and setting\n## Participants and outcomes\n## Results and conclusions","[{\"question\":\"What was the objective of the study comparing orthopaedic surgeons and anaesthetists?\",\"answer\":\"To compare intelligence and dominant-hand grip strength between orthopaedic surgeons and anaesthetists.\"},{\"question\":\"How were intelligence and strength measured?\",\"answer\":\"Intelligence was measured using a Mensa Brain Test version 1.1.0 as a surrogate for IQ, and grip strength was measured using a calibrated Jamar hydraulic hand dynamometer.\"},{\"question\":\"What were the main findings?\",\"answer\":\"Male orthopaedic surgeons had statistically significantly greater mean grip strength and higher mean intelligence test scores than male anaesthetists.\"}]","Orthopaedic surgeons: as strong as an ox and almost twice as clever - Multicentre prospective comparative study | PDF",1791052291,18]