Lifting tasks are associated with injuries during the early portion of a deployment to Afghanistan

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 716-722

  Roy, Tanja C ^a   Ritland, Bradley M ^b   Knapik, Joseph J ^c   Sharp, Marilyn A ^a  

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

^b 2nd Infantry Division Fort Lewis   (United States)

^c US Army Institute of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; SOLDIER; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BACK INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KNEE INJURIES; LIFTING; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864077238     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00402     Document Type: Article

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