Health-Related Fitness in the Royal Netherlands Army

Abstract

Physical fitness is often divided up into skill-related fitness and health-related fitness. Health-related fitness in its turn is often subdivided into three components that together determine overall health status: cardiorespiratory fitness, musculoskeletal fitness, and body composition. For military personnel, HRF can be seen as the foundation on which general fitness, task-specific fitness, and, eventually, physical preparedness for unit missions can be built. Moreover, a sufficient level of health-related fitness is a prerequisite to prevent from disease. Two of the main health-related fitness issues that the Royal Netherlands Army is currently dealing with are musculoskeletal injuries and lifestyle-related health problems. Research efforts, intervention activities, and policies within the Dutch Army on each of these two issues are reviewed and exemplified in this paper.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA568055

Entities

People

  • Pieter H. Helmhout

Organizations

  • Royal Netherlands Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Basic Training
  • Body Composition
  • Connective Tissue
  • Education
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Intervention
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Training
  • Netherlands
  • Pain
  • Personnel Management
  • Physical Activity
  • Physical Fitness
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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