An observational objective job analysis of role related tasks undertaken by Royal Navy sailors.

Background: The current in-service Royal Naval Fitness Test has two elements to test the aerobic endurance and muscular strength of Service Personnel through generic field-based tests and a short job task simulation. However, in 2017 the Royal Navy (RN) identified a requirement to update their in-service fitness test to align with international best practice.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to conduct an Objective Job Task Analysis on critical, physically demanding tasks that could be undertaken by RN sailors during sea deployments.

A job task analysis of the authorised firearms officer - counter terrorism (AFO-CT) national role profile.

Background: The Ministry of Defence Police recognised the requirement to develop a Physical Employment Standard (PES) for the Authorised Firearms Officer -Counter Terrorism (AFO-CT) role profile.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to conduct a job task analysis to identify the most critical and physically demanding tasks performed by AFO-CT personnel.

Methods: A focus group and online survey were undertaken to identify a list of job tasks.

Assessing injury risk in male and female Royal Navy recruits: does the Functional Movement Screen provide understanding to inform effective injury mitigation?

Introduction: Musculoskeletal injuries (MSKIs) are common during military and other occupational physical training programmes, and employers have a duty of care to mitigate this injury risk. MSKIs account for a high number of working days lost during initial military training, contribute to training attrition and impact training costs. Poorer movement quality may be associated with increased MSKI risk.

Comparison of Transcriptomic Changes in Survivors of Exertional Heat Illness with Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptible Patients.

Exertional heat illness (EHI) is an occupational health hazard for athletes and military personnel-characterised by the inability to thermoregulate during exercise. The ability to thermoregulate can be studied using a standardised heat tolerance test (HTT) developed by The Institute of Naval Medicine. In this study, we investigated whole blood gene expression (at baseline, 2 h post-HTT and 24 h post-HTT) in male subjects with either a history of EHI or known susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia (MHS): a pharmacogenetic condition with similar clinical phenotype.

Procedure for assessing patients referred to the UK's military Heat Illness Clinic: a case series.

Introduction: The UK military operates a Heat Illness Clinic (HIC) to aid the return to exercise, training and occupational duty recommendations for individuals who have suffered exertional heat illness or heatstroke. This paper describes the process of assessment and reports representative data from n=22 patients referred to the HIC.

Method: The assessment included clinical consultation, and measurement of maximal oxygen consumption (V̇Omax) and a heat tolerance test (HTT) conducted on a treadmill in an environmental chamber with an air temperature of 34°C and 44% relative humidity.