Military training-related injuries Surveillance, research, and prevention

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

“…Specifically, Knapik et al [35] reported 50.7% incidence in US Infantry and 47% over fourteen weeks US combat Engineer training, but comparable with those reported by Lisman et al [36] who observed among male recruits undergoing a twelve week US Marine Corps Boot Camp (39.6%), and Kaufman et al [6] who reported 33.1% in male Naval Specialist Warfare training. All of which fall beneath the 75% incidence rate for musculoskeletal lesions found among the French military [12].…”

“…Incidence of 5% reported in the Royal Marines [42] compares favourably to the 6% incidence reported in United States Marine Corps (USMC) recruits [44] and to the 5-9% reported among US SEAL Trainees [45]. The insidious onset of these prevalent injuries has been attributed to sustained repetitive strenuous activity which in turn indicates the requirement to investigate the nature of training within individual environments [6]. Incidence for the OMEGA Line cohort of 1.54% (n=19) stress fractures out of an inflow of 1230 recruits with an incidence of 2.27% (n=5) stress fractures from a total inflow of 220 OMEGA Guards.…”

“…Similarly, running in training shoes; was seen to reduce from a four year average; Line (5.43%), Guards (5.64%) to 2.03% for OMEGA Line and 2.73% for OMEGA Guards. Injury rates are commonly associated with prolonged bouts of vigorous weight bearing activity, specifically high mileage running [6,[14][15][16]19,40].…”

“…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].…”

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

“…In contrast to the observations of Almeida, et al [9] Who reported the majority of injuries to the ankle/ foot region followed by the knee, this study found the highest injury occurred at the knee for CIC Guards, Gurof 21.67% recorded from the 2012-2016 data. Differences Company" selection in injury incidence between the Regiments may possibly be explained by a combination of the individual regimental selection processes, the pre-existing physical profile of the recruit, the content and delivery of the training programme and or the willingness of recruits to report injury [2,9,[28][29][30]. Indeed it is well recognised that psychosocial factors may also influence recruits decision not to seek medical advice for the management of MSKI [30].…”