USASOC Injury Prevention/Performance Optimization Musculoskeletal Screening Initiative

Abstract

Unintentional musculoskeletal injuries limit tactical readiness, shorten the active duty life cycle, and diminish the quality of life of the soldier after military service. Many of these injuries are preventable or their severity mitigated through implementation of demand-specific physical training for injury prevention and performance optimization developed through scientific research. At the request of the Command Surgeon from the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), this research proposal will support development of USASOC's Tactical Human Optimization, Rapid Rehabilitation, and Reconditioning (THOR3) program to identify the priorities necessary for enhancement and change in the current physical training program. Consistent with our injury prevention and performance optimization model previously developed from over 20 years of research with elite athletes and six years of collective research with Naval Special Warfare Group 2 (NSWG2) and the 101st Airborne (Air Assault), this proposal will address the cause and prevention of musculoskeletal injury and detriments to optimal performance by identifying suboptimal biomechanical, musculoskeletal, physiological, and nutritional characteristics that are task and demand-specific to the Special Forces soldier.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA616174

Entities

People

  • John Abt

Organizations

  • University of Pittsburgh

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Active Duty
  • Biomedical Research
  • Body Regions
  • Data Processing
  • Data Sets
  • Drafting
  • Injury Prevention
  • Life Cycles
  • Lower Extremity
  • Medical Personnel
  • Motor Skills
  • Physical Therapy
  • Risk Factors
  • Scientific Research
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command

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