by Andrew Marshall

Deployed Assessment & Management of mTBI Casualties

Research Paper Title Deployed Assessment and Management of mTBI Casualties. Abstract The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have placed a spotlight on screening, evaluation, and treatment of mild traumatic brain injury, otherwise known as concussion. The author presents a mass casualty case in which a Ranger company medical section assessed and managed 30 Service members… Read More

by Andrew Marshall

Time Spent Sitting & Formal Exercise vs General Physical Activity

In the late 1950s Morris and Crawford (1958) published the results of a study that had discovered that heart disease was more common among bus drivers than bus conductors, and among clerical workers than postmen. This lead Morris and Crawford (1958, p.2) to the hypothesis that “men in physically active jobs have a lower incidence… Read More

by Andrew Marshall

Empirical Evidence: Physical Fitness & Academic Performance

Yesterday we looked at Karen Rodenroth’s dissertation on the connections between physical activity and academic performance. Today we can look at an empirical study which also looks at the link between physical activity and academic performance. Abstract This study examined the relationship between the changes of physical fitness across the 3-year spectrum of senior high… Read More