Have you ever been part of a study? I was twice as a kid. Once the whole city's grade 6,7 & 8

[applegrove]

had topographical photos taken of their nakid backsides to study scoliosis. I had a bit of a curve but not something that ever required treatment. When I was younger, my brother and I were at the local university summer camp. There we were involved in some sort of study: xray of wrists, balance test, heart monitor while you bike. etc.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. Yes and I got paid for it

at the local medical school here

[Control-Z]

2. I've done clinical trials.

Meds

[brewens]

3. I had someone call me supposedly from a university looking for my cousin that participated

in a study. Yeah right! Like I just fell of a turnip truck! Okay, who are you and how much money does he owe you? I know that's what it was! LOL He takes after his dad. You can't trust any of that branch of the family.

[Warpy]

4. Kiddie guinea pig for the Salk polio vaccine at 5.

I'd had the disease when I was 2 1/2 but my mother was taking no chances. Whenever there was an announcement for a free vaccine program, I was there to get the shot or the sugar cube with pink goo on it and later just the pink goo.

[nessa]

6. My son was part of a study that involved his genetic background...

They had to explain the side effects to me and his dad. It involved a blood draw, so potential problems with that were listed. The last 'side effect' they listed was 'We may discover that one or the other of you is not his biological parent.'

I knew I was his mom and his dad was his dad, but I was imagining what would happen if there was a couple who weren't so certain. What if they mentioned this 'side effect' to a couple and then the mom quickly decided not to allow the child to participate in the study. It could cause some problems.

[Igel]

7. Yup.

Some lung study, decades back. Lung volume of smoker parents? They measured stuff.

Lots of language studies. Sometimes a production study, where I'm asked to read words or sentences. Lots of "Listen and click" studies. Usually with a head-mounted eyetracker. Have done that kind of study.

[pinboy3niner]

8. Several

Sleep deprivation study, medical mandibular experimental bone-marrow graft study, psychological study of war veterans.

[jwirr]

9. Years ago my severely disabled daughter was part of a study done at the University of Iowa. Since

I never let her stay alone in the hospital for the 45 years I was her caretaker I slept in the same room as her and often was asked to preform the tests myself. They were testing urine samples of various clients with developmental disabilities. This was a very interesting experience and is what finally led me to enter the university and get a degree.

[The Straight Story]

10. Yes, but I escaped

[Hekate]

11. Sure. My generation was "studied" a lot. We were the Sputnik Generation.

I was in 5th grade when a team of doctors and nurses came to the school and did a pretty thorough workup on us. Just my class or the whole school? I don't remember. Stripped down to panties and dressed in jr-size hospital gowns. Height, weight, reflexes, teeth, eyes, heart, lungs, palpate the belly -- it was all cataloged and entered into some national health database. Dwight Eisenhower's administration.

During Kennedy's administration in high school we had to show we were "fit", so there were a couple of days of physical fitness tests in PE class that were all cataloged and sent off to the data base.

We took achievement tests every year and were ranked on a national percentile basis. That partly determined our academic track in school, grades being the other part. Since the percentiles were national, yes, they went into some data base as well.

We were competing with the Russians -- they gave the government and the nation a good reason to emphasize academic achievement to show those Communists that Americans were superior. I don't know where we lost that and decided stupid was better. Oh wait, that wasn't the question. Sorry.

[Behind the Aegis]

12. Yes. And, Jane Goodall and I are still good friends!

[pinboy3niner]

13. Really? After she only paid you chimp change?

[Behind the Aegis]

14. I truely went ape over it!