US Army physical demands study: Identification and validation of the physically demanding tasks of combat arms occupations

MA Sharp, BS Cohen, MW Boye, SA Foulis… - Journal of Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives In 2013, the US Army began developing physical tests to predict a
recruit's ability to perform the critical, physically demanding tasks (CPDTs) of combat arms …

US Army physical demands study: Prevalence and frequency of performing physically demanding tasks in deployed and non-deployed settings

MW Boye, BS Cohen, MA Sharp, MC Canino… - Journal of Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives To compare percentages of on-duty time spent performing physically demanding
soldier tasks in non-deployed and deployed settings, and secondarily examine the number …

US Army physical demands study: development of the occupational physical assessment test for combat arms soldiers

SA Foulis, MA Sharp, JE Redmond, PN Frykman… - Journal of Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives The United States Army sought to create a legally defensible,
scientifically validated physical pre-employment screening test. The purpose of this study …

US Army physical demands study: Differences in physical fitness and occupational task performance between trainees and active duty soldiers

MC Canino, SA Foulis, EJ Zambraski… - The Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Canino, MC, Foulis, SA, Zambraski, EJ, Cohen, BS, Redmond, JE, Hauret, KG,
Frykman, PN, and Sharp, MA. US Army Physical Demands Study: Differences in physical …

US Army physical demands study: Reliability of simulations of physically demanding tasks performed by combat arms soldiers

SA Foulis, JE Redmond, PN Frykman… - The Journal of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Foulis, SA, Redmond, JE, Frykman, PN, Warr, BJ, Zambraski, EJ, and Sharp, MA.
US Army physical demands study: reliability of simulations of physically demanding tasks …

Differences in physical characteristics and performance measures of part-time and full-time tactical personnel: A critical narrative review

D MacDonald, R Pope, R Orr - Journal of Military and Veterans …, 2016 - search.informit.org
Background: Tactical personnel such as military, law enforcement and fire and rescue
personnel routinely perform physically strenuous occupational tasks, requiring strength …

Development and application of a questionnaire to self-rate physical work demands for ground combat soldiers

J Larsson, M Dencker, MC Olsson, A Bremander - Applied ergonomics, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose The aim of the present study was to identify the most physically demanding work
tasks for Swedish ground combat soldiers through the development and application of a …

A data base of physically demanding tasks performed by US Army soldiers

MA Sharp, JF Patton, JA Vogel - Proceedings of the Human …, 1996 - journals.sagepub.com
The Department of Defense spends approximately one million dollars annually on research
to enhance soldier physical performance (LTC KE Friedl, personal communication, Jan …

[HTML][HTML] Fit for duty?: evaluating the physical fitness requirements of battlefield airmen

S Robson, MC Lytell, CS Sims, S Pezard… - Rand Health …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Military occupations can be physically demanding, yet few attempts have been made to
determine the physical readiness of today's airmen to perform their jobs. Although the Air …

The influence of anthropometrics on physical employment standard performance

T Reilly, M Spivock, A Prayal-Brown… - Occupational …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) recently implemented the Fitness
for Operational Requirements of CAF Employment (FORCE), a new physical employment …