Overcoming Barriers to Injury Prevention in the Military

2015 ◽  
pp. 287-313
Author(s):  
Deydre S. Teyhen ◽  
Stephen L. Goffar ◽  
Timothy L. Pendergrass ◽  
Scott W. Shaffer ◽  
Nikki Butler
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
The Military

The Military Accident and Injury Prevention Challenge

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. S212-S213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph J. Angello ◽  
Jack W. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
The Military

scholarly journals Role of sex and stature on the biomechanics of normal and loaded walking: implications for injury risk in the military

2021 ◽  
pp. bmjmilitary-2020-001645
Author(s):  
Niamh Gill ◽  
A Roberts ◽  
T J O'Leary ◽  
A Liu ◽  
K Hollands ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Injury Risk ◽  
Load Carriage ◽  
Ground Reaction Forces ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Lower Limb Injury ◽  
Walking Gait ◽  
Transition Speed ◽  
Reaction Forces ◽  
The Military

Load carriage and marching ‘in-step’ are routine military activities associated with lower limb injury risk in service personnel. The fixed pace and stride length of marching typically vary from the preferred walking gait and may result in overstriding. Overstriding increases ground reaction forces and muscle forces. Women are more likely to overstride than men due to their shorter stature. These biomechanical responses to overstriding may be most pronounced when marching close to the preferred walk-to-run transition speed. Load carriage also affects walking gait and increases ground reaction forces, joint moments and the demands on the muscles. Few studies have examined the effects of sex and stature on the biomechanics of marching and load carriage; this evidence is required to inform injury prevention strategies, particularly with the full integration of women in some defence forces. This narrative review explores the effects of sex and stature on the biomechanics of unloaded and loaded marching at a fixed pace and evaluates the implications for injury risk. The knowledge gaps in the literature, and distinct lack of studies on women, are highlighted, and areas that need more research to support evidence-based injury prevention measures, especially for women in arduous military roles, are identified.

Do orthotics work as an injury prevention strategy for the military?

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 241-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian L Baxter ◽  
Daniel Cury Ribeiro ◽  
Stephan Milosavljevic
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Prevention Strategy ◽  
Injury Prevention Strategy ◽  
The Military

scholarly journals Changes in physical conditions of militars in training: colombian army military school

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
L E Castro-Jimenez ◽  
P J Melo-Buitrago ◽  
Y P Arguello-Gutierrez ◽  
A Y Galvez-Pardo ◽  
S Cortes-Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Physical Education And Training ◽  
Physical Abilities ◽  
Military School ◽  
The Military ◽  
And Training

Abstract When beginning the military life, a series of loads of trainings is faced, in addition to supporting the discomforts of climate, fatigue, the change of feeding, schedule, among other factors. Therefore, the objective of the study was to know the changes in the physical condition of the students who begin their military training with military physical training. The investigation was quantitative, longitudinal type. A total of 18 male first-degree engineering cadets from the José María Córdova Military School of Cadets (ESMIC) in Bogotá were evaluated. They were given a pre and post-test of body composition, flexibility, resistance and strength and the training program of the Military school. The findings show that after six months of training the cadets increased body weight (64.6 vs. 65.2) in 0.55 (p = 0.002), with a gain of 0.4 kg fat mass (7.9 vs. 8.2g, p = 0.006) and 0.2 kg muscle mass (53.9 vs 54.1g, p = 0.01), in relation to physical abilities there was a decrease in strength in upper limbs (49.4 vs 45.2 p = 0.001) of 4.3 kg and in lower limbs (46.6 vs 43.7, p = 0.000) of 2.9 kg, in terms of aerobic resistance (47.8 vs 48.2)and flexibility (30.8 vs 41.3) there was a slight increase without significant differences. The previous results show possible over-training in the ESMIC cadets; due to the change of habits, specifically physical exercise and lifestyle, leading to an increase in weight, in greater quantity in the fat component and decrease in the physical capacity of strength, which can cause early fatigue, being counterproductive when found in some combat or special situation. This is why a specialized systematic training program is the best option for the optimal development of physical abilities, physical adaptation to the effort and prevention of injuries during the practice. Key messages Injury prevention; Military Personnel; Physical Education and Training. Physical Education and Training; Military Personnel; injury prevention.

scholarly journals Unmet Healthcare Needs and Associated Factors Among Korean Enlisted Soldiers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eunkyoung Bae ◽  
Jeongok Park ◽  
Eunyoung Jung
Keyword(s):  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Military Health ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Healthcare Needs ◽  
Unmet Healthcare Needs ◽  
Enlisted Soldiers ◽  
The Military

ABSTRACT Introduction The purpose of this study was to explore the rate of unmet healthcare needs among Korean enlisted soldiers and to examine the factors associated with unmet healthcare needs, based on Andersen’s Health Service Behavior Model. Method This study employed secondary data analysis using the dataset of the military health survey for two years, 2014 and 2015, conducted by the Republic of Korea School of Military Medicine. Of all military health survey participants, 3,636 enlisted soldiers who answered the question “In the last year, have you ever been unable to go to a hospital or a clinic when you wanted to go to a hospital or a clinic?”—the dependent variable in this study—were included in this study. Result The rate of unmet healthcare needs among Korean enlisted soldiers was 23.7% (n = 860) in the current study. Among the individual characteristics, on-duty stress (Odds ratio (OR) = 1.59, 95% Confidence Interval (95% CI): 1.25-2.03) and need for treatment by a mental health specialist (OR = 1.40, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.00-1.95) were associated with unmet healthcare needs. Among the contextual characteristics, perception of injury-prevention effort (OR = 0.61, 95% CI: 0.52-0.71), support from superiors (OR = 0.81, 95% CI: 0.71-0.93), and possibility of accident or injury of military unit (OR = 0.73, 95% CI: 0.64-0.82) were significant factors associated with unmet healthcare needs. The subjective health condition which was a proxy of the health outcome was significantly associated with unmet healthcare needs (OR = 1.58, 95% CI: 1.13-2.22). The results indicate that the safety awareness of troops and social support of superiors were the contextual military characteristics associated with unmet healthcare needs of enlisted soldiers. Conclusions The strengthening of aspect of organizational culture, such as injury-prevention efforts at the military level, or support from superior officers, will contribute to a reduction of the unmet healthcare needs of Korean enlisted soldiers.

Democrazy—Dem Go Craze, O: Monitoring the 1999 Nigerian Elections

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-33
Author(s):  
Darren Kew
Keyword(s):  
Transition Program ◽  
The Political ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Political Class ◽  
Soccer Match ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Military

In many respects, the least important part of the 1999 elections were the elections themselves. From the beginning of General Abdusalam Abubakar’s transition program in mid-1998, most Nigerians who were not part of the wealthy “political class” of elites—which is to say, most Nigerians— adopted their usual politically savvy perspective of siddon look (sit and look). They waited with cautious optimism to see what sort of new arrangement the military would allow the civilian politicians to struggle over, and what in turn the civilians would offer the public. No one had any illusions that anything but high-stakes bargaining within the military and the political class would determine the structures of power in the civilian government. Elections would influence this process to the extent that the crowd influences a soccer match.

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