Injury Risk Factors Among Male and Female Army Trainees,
Abstract
This study documents incidence of and risk factors for injury among women and men during 8 wks of Army Basic Training. Participants were 745 trainees (293 women, 452 men). Data included demographics (age, race, sex), anthropometrics (HT, WT, %Fat), fitness scores (pushups, situps, run time) and injury incidence. Injury data were obtained by review of every participant's medical record. The crude relative risk (RR) of injury, for women v men, was 2.1 (60% injured v 29%) and the crude RR for time-loss injury was 2.3 (42% v 19%). There was a significant trend of increasing injury risk for successively slower quintiles of run times (women: risks, fast to slow= 46%, 57%, 62%, 71%, 67%, MH trend p=.005; men: risks, fast to slow= 21%, 21%, 30%, 33%, 41%, MH trend p=.0005). Adjusted RR for women vs men, stratified on run time, was 1.4 (p=.01). In a logistic regression model containing Age, Race, Sex, Ht, %BD, Situps, and Run Time, only Run Time was significantly associated with odds bf injury per se may be less important than physical fitness in predicting injury among very active young adults.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 17, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA306904
Entities
People
- Bruce H. Jones
- Nicole S. Bell
Organizations
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine