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| Title |
Self-reported load carriage injuries of military soldiers
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.1080/17457300.2015.1132731 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Robin Marc Orr, Julia Coyle, Venerina Johnston, Rodney Pope |
| Abstract |
The aim of this study was to investigate whether occupational load carriage constitutes a significant source of injury to military soldiers. An online survey was sent to soldiers serving in specific Australian Army Corps known to experience the greatest occupational exposure to load carriage. Of the 338 respondents, 34% sustained at least one load carriage injury. Fifty-two per cent of those injured during initial training reported sustaining an additional load carriage injury. The majority of injuries (61%) were to the lower limbs with bones and joints the most frequently injured body structures (39%). Endurance marching (continuous marching as part of a physical training session) was the activity accounting for most (38%) injuries. Occupational load carriage is associated with military soldier injuries and, once injured, soldiers are at a high risk of future load carriage injury. The bodily sites and nature of self-reported injuries in this study are akin to those of formally reported injuries and those of other militaries. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Israel | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 72 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 16% |
| Unknown | 19 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sports and Recreations | 21 | 28% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 8% |
| Engineering | 6 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 9 | 12% |
| Unknown | 25 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 March 2016.
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