Development of an operational fitness test for the Royal Air Force

Ergonomics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 935-946

  Richmond, Victoria L ^a   Rayson, Mark P ^a   Wilkinson, David M ^a   Carter, James M ^a   Blacker, Sam D ^a   Nevill, Alan ^b   Ross, Jill Du ^c   Moore, Steve ^c  

^a Optimal Performance Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c PEd Research and Development Flt   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gym test; Operational fitness test; Performance predictor; Reliability; Royal Air Force

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILITARY AIRCRAFT; STANDARDS; STEEL METALLOGRAPHY; TESTING;

LIMITS OF AGREEMENT; PERFORMANCE STANDARD (PS); POOR RELIABILITY; PREDICTION MODELING; ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF);

EQUIPMENT TESTING;

ADULT; AIR FORCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OPERATIONAL FITNESS TEST; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SOLDIER; TRAINING;

ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 46349087143     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130801939725     Document Type: Article

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