Incidence of acute injury related to fitness testing of U.S. army personnel

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1005-1011

  Evans, Rachel ^a   Reynolds, Katy ^b   Creedon, Joseph ^a   Murphy, Michelle ^a  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARMY PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; SELF REPORT; SOLDIER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144459200     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.12.1005     Document Type: Article

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