Effects of basic training on material handling ability and physical fitness of British Army recruits

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1114-1124

  Williams, Alun G ^a,b   Rayson, Mark P ^a,b   Jones, David A ^b  

^a Optimal Performance Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Military personnel; Physical conditioning; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; MATERIALS HANDLING; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

MILITARY TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; SOLDIER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 0032778351     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399185171     Document Type: Article

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