Typical military tasks include load carriage, digging, and lifting loads. To avoid accumulation
of fatigue, it is important to know the energy expenditure of soldiers during such tasks. The …

Objectives The purpose of the present study was to investigate how aerobic fitness, muscle
fitness and body mass index (BMI) change in relation to their baseline levels during 6–12 …

Objectives This cross-sectional study investigated self-reported sleep duration and its
association with a comprehensive range of clinically-diagnosed medical condition …

This study characterized associations between annually scaled thermal indices and annual
heat stress illness (HSI) morbidity outcomes, including heat stroke and heat exhaustion …

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 …

Decreases in aerobic fitness during military operations have been observed in several
studies. Thus, differences in training adaptations during a 6-month crisis-management …

The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of military-relevant tests designed
to assess soldier readiness. Forty-seven soldiers (46 men, 1 woman; 22±3 years; 80.4±11.7 …

Abstract Frykman, PN, Merullo, DJ, Banderet, LE, Gregorczyk, K, and Hasselquist, L.
Marksmanship deficits caused by an exhaustive whole-body lifting task with and without …

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an algorithm for recognizing military-
specific, physically demanding activities using body-fixed sensors. To develop the algorithm …

The purpose of the work was to conduct an examination of the physical fitness and
nutritional status of recruits (221 men beginning military service in the infantry unit). Soldiers' …