A Comparison of the Scorpion Load Carriage System (SLCS) to the Modular Lightweight Load Carrying Equipment (MOLLE)

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of the Scorpion Load Carriage System (SLCS) on biomechanics, oxygen consumption and performance on militarily relevant tasks, and to compare the SLCS to the MOLLE system. Eleven subjects completed testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA417147

Entities

People

  • E. Harman
  • H. Ramos
  • M. E. Lafiandra
  • P. Frykman
  • S. Lynch

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Biomechanics
  • Body Armor
  • Body Weight
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Heart Rate
  • Information Science
  • Joints (Anatomy)
  • Laboratory Procedures
  • Load Distribution
  • Measurement
  • Scorpions
  • Statistics

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