Comparing elite soldiers' perceptions of psychological and physical demands during military training

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 526-530

  Thomas, Jeffrey L ^a   Adler, Amy B ^a   Wittels, Peter ^b   Enne, Robert ^b   Johannes, Bernd ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Army Hospital   (Austria)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; TRAINING; ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FITNESS; IN SERVICE TRAINING; PHYSICAL EDUCATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EUROPE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 4544375137     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.7.526     Document Type: Article

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