Relationship between estimated aerobic fitness and injury rates among active duty at an air force base based upon two separate measures of estimated cardiovascular fitness

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-40

  Giovannetti, Jennifer M ^a   Bemben, Michael ^b   Bemben, Debra ^b   Cramer, Joel ^b  

^a Air Force Medical Support Agency   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855699825     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00225     Document Type: Article

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