Prediction of simulated battlefield physical performance from field-expedient tests

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-41

  Harman, Everett A ^a   Gutekunst, David J ^a   Frykman, Peter N ^a   Sharp, Marilyn A ^a   Nindl, Bradley C ^a   Alemany, Joseph A ^a   Mello, Robert P ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNNING; SIMULATION; TRAINING; WAR;

EID: 38149006075     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.1.36     Document Type: Article

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