Increasing the physical fitness of low-fit recruits before basic combat training: An evaluation of fitness, injuries, and training outcomes

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-54

  Knapik, Joseph J ^a   Darakjy, Salima ^a   Hauret, Keith G ^a   Canada, Sara ^a   Scott, Shawn ^b   Rieger, William ^b   Marin, Roberto ^a   Jones, Bruce H ^a  

^a U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b US Army Physical Fitness School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 32944456304     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.1.45     Document Type: Article

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