Foot Orthoses in the Prevention of Injury in Initial Military Training

Abstract

In this military trainee population, orthoses were effective in the prevention of overuse lower limb injury. This is the first study to identify a positive preventive role of orthoses.

Musculoskeletal Injuries in British Army Recruits: A Retrospective Study of Incidence and Training Outcome in Different Infantry Regiments

“…Lower limb MSKI have been most frequently reported [1,[5][6][7][8][9][10]. Heir, et al [8] Found 63% of injuries were sited on the lower limb, similarly Robinson, et al [5] found 81% of MSKI reported by British Infantry recruits to be located in the lower limb whilst Almeida, et al [9] reported a slightly higher rate, 82%, in American recruits.…”

“…The British military is not excluded from this observation [1,5]. These injuries are identified as having negative impact on injury rates, training time, resources and manning [1,3,[6][7][8][9][10].…”

“…A wide variety of demographical injury data has been published. For example, incidences of MSK injuries acquired during military training are reported ranging from 20% [10], 47% [21], 48% [1], 59% [5], to 59.7% [6] depending on location.…”

A Multicenter Randomized, Double-Blind, Split-Side, Comparative Study of Moisturizer Containing MAS064D and 1% Hydrocortisone Cream in the Treatment of Infantile Seborrheic Dermatitis

“…Incidence is reported to range widely from 20% [5], 42% [6] 47% [7], 48% [8,9], 58% [10], 59.7% [11] 75% [12] to as much as 86% in parachute regiment [2,8]. The primary cause of hospitalisations and out-patient visits, MSKI are considered accountable for up to 25 million limited working days annually [13].…”

A Retrospective analysis of Five Years Musculoskeletal Injury Data in British Infantry Recruits

“…MSKI have long been recognised to represent a signifi cant challenge to the effi ciency and therefore operational effectiveness of global military populations [1,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. The incidence of MSKI within infantry training establishments has drawn specifi c attention with injury rates reported to range globally from 20% to 60% [1][2][3][4]6,8,15,16].…”