Effect of load carriage on performance of an explosive, anaerobic military task

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1027-1031

  Laing Treloar, Alison K ^a   Billing, Daniel C ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052477186     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00017     Document Type: Review

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