USASOC Injury Prevention/Performance Optimization Musculoskeletal Screening Initiative
Abstract
This collaborative research proposal was submitted at the request of the Command Surgeon of the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) to scientifically develop THOR3's injury prevention and human performance program. This research will conduct the first three phases of a four phase research objective to ultimately improve physical readiness and mitigate unintentional musculoskeletal injuries. The overall objective of this four phase research initiative was to provide the scientific arm by which USASOC would refine its THOR3 program. It was our intent the research will result in a validated THOR3 program that reduces unintentional musculoskeletal injury and improves physical and tactical readiness. The current research under this award was to test the first three phases of research and was hypothesized to result in identified injury characteristics and risk factors of the USASOC Operator and a validated THOR3 program which alters injury risk characteristics.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2015
- Accession Number
- AD1002687
Entities
People
- Jeffrey Morgan
- John Abt
- Kim Beals
- Mita Lovalekar
- Pete Benson
- Russ Kotwal
- Scott Lephart
- Shawn F Kane
- Timothy Sell
Organizations
- University of Pittsburgh