Running Shoe Type and Attrition During Marine Corps Basic Training

The authors determined the incidence of podiatric injuries that occurred during 233,946 recruit days at risk among US Marine Corps recruits undergoing basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, CA, between February 5 and April 25, 1990. Training-related initial injuries to the foot occurred at a rate of 3.0 new injuries per 1,000 recruit days. The highest specific rates of injury occurred with stress fractures to the foot (0.56 per 1,000 recruit days), ankle sprains (0.53 per 1,000 recruit days), and Achilles tendinitis (0.39 per 1,000 recruit days).

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The Marine Corps basic training experience: Psychosocial predictors of performance, health, and attrition

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e476062008-001 ◽

1983 ◽

Author(s):

Ross R. Vickers ◽

Terry L. Conway

Keyword(s):

Marine Corps ◽

Psychosocial Predictors ◽

Basic Training ◽

Training Experience

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Factors Associated with Discharge during Marine Corps Basic Training

Military Medicine ◽

10.7205/milmed.172.9.936 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 172 (9) ◽

pp. 936-941 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Jared P. Reis ◽

Daniel W. Trone ◽

Caroline A. Macera ◽

Mitchell J. Rauh

Keyword(s):

Marine Corps ◽

Basic Training ◽

Factors Associated

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Effects of vitamin D supplementation on salivary immune responses during Marine Corps basic training

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports ◽

10.1111/sms.13467 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 29 (9) ◽

pp. 1322-1330

Author(s):

Jonathan M. Scott ◽

Josh B. Kazman ◽

Jeremy Palmer ◽

James P. McClung ◽

Erin Gaffney‐Stomberg ◽

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Keyword(s):

Vitamin D ◽

Immune Responses ◽

Marine Corps ◽

Vitamin D Supplementation ◽

Basic Training

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Change in Marine Recruits' Attitudes Related to Recruit Characteristics and Drill Instructors' Attitudes

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1973.33.1.63 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 33 (1) ◽

pp. 63-71 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Richard F. Booth ◽

Anne Hoiberg

Keyword(s):

Individual Differences ◽

Marine Corps ◽

Basic Training ◽

Attitude Changes

Mariαe recruits' attitudes toward the toughness of Marines, spirit among Marines, affiliation with the Marine Corps, and authority in the Marine Corps were assessed on four occasions during basic training. All 4 of these attitudes became more favorable, with the most significant changes having occurred during the first 3 wk. of training. Recruit-characteristic variables such as age, education, and aptitude were not related to individual differences in attitude changes but were related to the initial attitudes of recruits. Further, the pattern of these correlations varied significantly across the attitudes. Discrepancies and similarities between these results and those of a similar study conducted 2 yr. before were noted and discussed. In addition, this study showed recruits' attitudes toward spirit and affiliation, as hypothesized, changed in a direction of greater similarity with drill instructors' attitudes. Recruits' attitudes toward toughness and authority did not change in the predicted direction but became more favorable than drill instructors' attitudes during basic training.

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