The SOCOM Spiritual Fitness Scale: Measuring "Vertical" and "Horizontal" Spirituality in the Human Performance Domain.

Few spiritual scales are tailored to the work of human performance, few enfranchise non-theists, and few simultaneously capture both vertical and horizontal aspects of spirituality. To address the gap, the Consortium for Health and Military Performance partnered with the US Special Operations Command to develop the SOCOM Spiritual Fitness Scale. The scale is reliable, valid, psychometrically sound, and capable of generating comprehensive group and individual profiles to aid chaplains in program development/assessment and tailored spiritual coaching.

Body Composition and Physical Fitness Tests Among US Army Soldiers: A Comparison of the Active and Reserve Components.

Objectives: US Army reserve soldiers and active-duty soldiers differ in their daily work demands and supporting resources, yet research on reservists' health and fitness is lacking. The objectives of this study were to (1) determine whether physical test failure rates and health behaviors differed between active-duty soldiers and reserve soldiers and (2) establish which demographic and health behavioral factors were associated with failing physical tests.

Methods: We analyzed a sample of 239 329 US Army active-duty and reserve soldiers surveyed from September 2013 through March 2015 using the Global Assessment Tool.

Reliability and validity of clinician ECG interpretation for athletes.

Background: Electrocardiogram (ECG) with preparticipation evaluation (PPE) for athletes remains controversial in the United States and diagnostic accuracy of clinician ECG interpretation is unclear. This study aimed to assess reliability and validity of clinician ECG interpretation using expert-validated ECGs according to the 2010 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) interpretation criteria.

Methods: This is a blinded, prospective study of diagnostic accuracy of clinician ECG interpretation.