Associations of age, aerobic fitness, and body mass index with injury in an operational Army brigade

Rappole, Catherine; Grier, Tyson; Anderson, Morgan K.; Hauschild, Veronique; Jones, Bruce H.

doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2017.08.003

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“…A body of literature shows that overweight and obesity can play an important role in developming of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, hypertension, physical inability, respiratory illness and risk of injuries [1, 4, 5, 43]. In a study by Rappole et.al among USA’s male army soldiers in an operational brigade, it is demonstrated that higher BMI was associated with risk of injury [43]. In addition, psychological distress could be increased by overweight and obesity [44, 45].…”

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The prevalence of overweight and obesity among Iranian military personnel: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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BackgroundThe overweight and obesity among military personnel, as an occupational group, beside the health issues, might affect their military performance. A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to estimate the pool prevalence of overweight and obesity among Iranian military personnel.MethodsThe national databases including Science Information Database, MagIran, and the following international databases; Web of Science, Medline via PubMed, and Scopus were searched, up to December 2017, for relevant published studies without time limitation.ResultsTotally,1431 studies were reterived and 10 studies included in meta-analysis. The pooled prevalence of overweight and obesity were 41% (95%CI:26, 57%) and 13% (95%CI:10, 17%), respectively. In the subgroup analyses, a lower and higher prevalence of overweight was reported in the ground (12%) and Navy (69%) forces military, recpectively. For the obesity, the air forces had the lowest prevalence (11%) and the ground and Navy forces military had highest prevalence (15%). The prevalence of overweight and obesity were slightly higher in studies conducted after 2014.ConclusionOur findings suggest a high prevalence of overweight and obesity in the military personnel as a high-risk occupational group. Owing to the high observed heterogeneity among the included studies, large representative studies are needed to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the military personnel.

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The prevalence of overweight and obesity among Iranian military personnel: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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“…Robinson index (in %) is calculated to multiply heart rate per min to systolic blood pressure (mm Hg column). All indices value summarized, and total sum has evaluated according somatic heath level scale in five levels (low (< 3), below moderate (4-6), moderate (7-11), above moderate (12)(13)(14)(15), high (16)(17)(18).…”

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“…Trauma risk factors in military field are higher level than in civil life, but analyses of incidence traumatic injuries shown that the age, and anthropometric parameters (higher value of BMI) have not expelled influence on injuries rate (Rappole et al, 2017). Epidemiologic studies of health problem (diseases rate) in military personnel group revealed that incidence of metabolic syndrome is ten times less than in civil population (Weber, 2018;Schulze et al, 2017).…”

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Somatic Health Level Assessment Importance in Military Personnel Group

Pļaviņa

Mihailova

2021

Rural Environment. Education. Personality (REEP)

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Topicality of research is indicated by importance of somatic health level assessment of military personnel that is a basement for fulfilling military tactical tasks and developing future military career. Physical endurance capacities develop during military training and have impact to the body composition parameters, health capacity level. Medical specialists carried out the assessment of health capacity of military personnel annually. The aim of the study is to evaluate the somatic health and its components in military personnel group that includes cadets from 1st till 5th study year in National Defence Academy of Latvia. The evaluation of somatic health level carried out according H.L. Apanasenko methodology that is a complex approach taking in count anthropometric parameters, physiological measurements, and tests` results in standard physical exercises. The statistical methods were used for analysis of data in SPSS version 20. There are fixed statistically significant correlation between somatic health level and anthropometric parameters (body mass, body mass index value) as well physiological parameters (systolic blood pressure value, hand muscle force, pulmonary vital capacity). The significance of the results is that the level of somatic health level connects to the parameters of body composition and functional parameters. Physical endurance capacities are based on somatic health level assessment, individuals with higher body mass index level, with higher blood pressure parameters, with lower vital index value as well with, longer restoring interval after standard physical exercise had lower somatic health level value. The changes of somatic health level in study group showed the impact of military training duration that important for future military career.

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“…Due to the importance of fitness on injury risk and occupational task performance, initial trainees seeking employment in tactical populations are required to undergo a series of physical tests. These tests are aimed at assessing future performance [ 20 ] and identifying those most at risk of injury [ 21 , 22 ]. Despite the benefit of using many of these assessments, the use of both pushups and situps to determine occupational fitness has attracted wide criticism in the literature [ 23 ].…”

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The Use of Fitness Testing to Predict Occupational Performance in Tactical Personnel: A Critical Review

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Sakurai

Scott

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Tactical personnel work in an occupation that involves tasks requiring a high level of cardiovascular fitness as well as muscular strength and endurance. The aim of this literature review was to identify and critique studies investigating the relationship between physical fitness, quantified by fitness assessment measures, and occupational task performance. Databases were searched for relevant articles which assessed a fitness measure and a measure of occupational performance. A total of 15 articles were included and were deemed to be of acceptable methodological quality (8.4/12 on the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme checklist). Included articles assessed a variety of fitness attributes and occupational tasks. Across tactical groups, there appear to be no standardized fitness tests that can determine occupational performance, with aerobic fitness, anaerobic fitness, strength, endurance, power, and agility all being associated with occupational task performance. A wide range of fitness assessments appears to be required to predict occupational performance within tactical personnel. Efforts should be made to base fitness assessments on occupational demands unique to both the environment and requirements of each individual tactical unit.

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Associations of age, aerobic fitness, and body mass index with injury in an operational Army brigade

Cited by 21 publications

References 27 publications

The prevalence of overweight and obesity among Iranian military personnel: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The prevalence of overweight and obesity among Iranian military personnel: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Somatic Health Level Assessment Importance in Military Personnel Group

The Use of Fitness Testing to Predict Occupational Performance in Tactical Personnel: A Critical Review

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