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

Objectives: In 2013, the U.S. Army began developing physical tests to predict a recruit's ability to perform the critical, physically demanding tasks (CPDTs) of combat arms jobs previously not open to women.

U.S. Army Physical Demands Study: Development of the Occupational Physical Assessment Test for Combat Arms soldiers.

Objectives: The United States Army sought to create a legally defensible, scientifically validated physical pre-employment screening test. The purpose of this study was to identify a single combination of predictor tests that would predict physical performance on all of the criterion measure task simulations relevant to the Combat Arms military occupational specialties.

Design: Concurrent validation.

U.S. Army Physical Demands Study: Reliability of Simulations of Physically Demanding Tasks Performed by Combat Arms Soldiers.

Foulis, SA, Redmond, JE, Frykman, PN, Warr, BJ, Zambraski, EJ, and Sharp, MA. U.S.

Self-Management of Unreported Musculoskeletal Injuries in a U.S. Army Brigade.

Background: There is a paucity of literature describing the accuracy of musculoskeletal injury reporting in the U.S. Army.

Surgical and Resuscitation Capabilities for the "Next War" Based on Lessons Learned From "This War".

The Army gleaned many lessons regarding the provision of medical care to casualties during the past 14 years of combat. Using these lessons learned in the Joint Capabilities and Integration Development process and through the analysis of an integrated process action team, the Army recently approved 3 changes to medical organizations that are intended to provide trauma management farther forward on the battlefield. These changes include the substitution of an emergency medicine trained physician and emergency medicine physician assistant (PA) in lieu of a general medical officer and primary care PA within the brigade combat team; reorganization of the forward surgical team into a forward surgical and resuscitative team; and the modularization of the traditional 248 bed combat support hospital.

Characterization of Foot-Strike Patterns: Lack of an Association With Injuries or Performance in Soldiers.

Objectives: Characterize the distribution of foot-strike (FS) patterns in U.S. Army Soldiers and determine if FS patterns are related to self-reported running injuries and performance.

Physiological Employment Standards III: physiological challenges and consequences encountered during international military deployments.

Modern international military deployments in austere environments (i.e., Iraq and Afghanistan) place considerable physiological demands on soldiers.

Influence of training frequency on fitness levels and perceived health status in deployed National Guard soldiers.

While studies have examined changes in body composition, fitness, and other measures pre- and postdeployment, it is more difficult to characterize physical training practices during deployment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between training frequency during deployment and changes in physical performance, body composition, and perceived health. Eighty-eight Soldiers (men, 76 and women, 12) from the National Guard performed 1 repetition maximum (1RM) bench press, 1RM back squat, and VO2peak testing within 30 days before and 10 days after deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan.

Injuries, changes in fitness, and medical demands in deployed National Guard soldiers.

Purpose: To characterize noncombat injury/illness, determine changes in physical fitness, and evaluate the influence of these changes on medical resource utilization by National Guard (NG) Soldiers.

Methods: Fifty-four Soldiers from the Arizona NG completed pre- and postdeployment fitness testing. Additionally, individual deployment medical records were inventoried.

How do they compare?: an assessment of predeployment fitness in the Arizona National Guard.

Currently, there is a paucity of literature that describes physical fitness levels in deploying service members. There has been no data collected that evaluate the Army National Guard or Reserves. This descriptive study will provide physical fitness data for soldiers in the Arizona National Guard (AZNG), allowing for a comparison between the active and reserve components.