Reliability assessment of two militarily relevant occupational physical performance tests

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-37

  Pandorf, Clay E ^a   Nindl, Bradley C ^a   Montain, Scott J ^a   Castellani, John W ^a   Frykman, Peter N ^a   Leone, Cara D ^a   Harman, Everett A ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscular endurance; Obstacle course; Repetitive box lifting; Soldiers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FITNESS; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLDIER; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0037607462     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h03-003     Document Type: Article

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