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- Title
Force plate assessments in reconnaissance marine training company.
- Authors
Barrett, Trevor; Faulk, Robert; Sergeant, Army Master; Boberg, Jill; Bartels, Matthew; Colonel, Marine Lieutenant; Saxon, Leslie A.
- Abstract
The ability to obtain dynamic movement assessments using force plate technology holds the promise of providing more detailed knowledge of the strength, balance and forces generated by active-duty military personnel. To date, there are not well-defined use cases for implementation of force plate assessments in military training environments. We sought to determine if force plate technology assessments could provide additional insights, related to the likelihood of graduation, beyond that provided by traditional physical fitness tests (PFT's), in an elite Marine training school. Serial force plate measures were also obtained on those Marines successfully completing training to determine if consistent measures reflecting the effects of training on muscle skeletal load-over-time could be accurately measured. A pre-training force plate assessment performed in 112 Marines did not predict graduation rates. For Marines who successfully completed the course, serial measures obtained throughout training were highly variable for each individual and no firm conclusions could be drawn related to load imposed or the fitness attained during training.
- Subjects
PHYSICAL fitness testing; MILITARY personnel; MILITARY education; RECONNAISSANCE operations; MARINES
- Publication
BMC Sports Science, Medicine & Rehabilitation, 2024, Vol 16, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2052-1847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13102-023-00796-z