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- Title
A Comparison of Injuries, Limited-Duty Days, and Injury Risk Factors in Infantry, Artillery, Construction Engineers, and Special Forces Soldiers.
- Authors
Reynolds, Katy; Cosio-Lima, Ludmila; Bovill, Maria; Tharion, William; Williams, Jeff; Hodges, Tabitha
- Abstract
Objectives: We compared injuries/risk factors in infantry soldiers (I), construction engineers (CE), combat artillery (CA), and Special Forces (SF) during their operational and fitness activities. Methods: Anthropometrics, ethnicity, and fitness data were collected before review of medical records. Results: Injury rates for I, CE, and CA were 4.0, 7.2, and 5.5 injuries/100 soldier-months, respectively: over 70% of them resulted from overuse. SF soldiers had an injury rate of 3.5 injuries/100 soldier-months, 50% of them reported as traumatic. Average limited-duty days (LDDs) were threefold higher in SF. Smoking, BMI ≥25, and APFT run time for 3.2 km >14 minutes were risk factors in I. Caucasian ethnicity, height <170.2 cm, weight ≥90 kg, and BMI ≥25 were risk factors in CE and CA. Age >27 years old was a risk factor in SF. Conclusions: Greater emphasis should be placed on risk factor identification and testing strategies to reduce injuries among SF and other troops.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MILITARY personnel's injuries; INFANTRY; ARTILLERYMEN; SPECIAL forces (Military science); MILITARY physical training &; conditioning; OVERUSE injuries
- Publication
Military Medicine, 2009, Vol 174, Issue 7, p702
- ISSN
0026-4075
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7205/MILMED-D-02-2008