Martial Arts-Based High Intensity Interval Training in the Rehabilitation of Combat Amputees

Abstract

The US Armed Forces are currently engaged in the longest active period of continuous armed conflict in United States history. The advancement in Tactical Combat Casualty Care, rapid medical evacuation, and improvements in personal body armor and armored vehicles have resulted in unprecedented survival rates. The second-order effect of the improved survival of combat injuries is the increased clinical burden of extremity injuries to include amputations. These unique features of casualty care within OIF and OEF, couple with the widespread use of a myriad of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs--aka colloquially as roadside bombs( have given rise to the almost 1,700 individuals with major limb amputations from 2001 to 2015.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 11, 2017
Accession Number
AD1041762

Entities

People

  • Gavin L. Mills

Organizations

  • 59th Medical Wing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amputees
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Body Armor
  • Casualties
  • Combat Casualty Care
  • Combat Injuries
  • Explosive Devices
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Medical Evacuation
  • United States

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Trauma or Military Medicine