Executive summary from the national strength and conditioning association's second blue ribbon panel on military physical readiness: Military physical performance testing

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages S216-S220

  Nindl, Bradley C ^a,b   Alvar, Brent A ^c   R Dudley, Jason ^d   Favre, Mike W ^e   Martin, Gerard J ^f   Sharp, Marilyn A ^g   Warr, Brad J ^g   Stephenson, Mark D ^h   Kraemer, William J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Public Health Command (Prov)   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^d CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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

^h Naval Special Warfare Human Performance Program   (United States)

Author keywords

field expedient testing; military fitness; tactical training

Indexed keywords

AGILITY; ARMY; BODY COMPOSITION; CLIMBING; CONSENSUS; COORDINATION; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; JUMPING; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RUNNING; SKILL; AIR FORCE; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NAVY; PHYSICIAN; SCIENTIST; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

BODY COMPOSITION; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; REACTION TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84964829894     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: 15334295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001037     Document Type: Article

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