ADF: Injury Prevention & Hygiene Maintenance during Deployments

Research Paper Title Special Operations Task Group Regimental Aid Post Presentations, Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan: February – June 2010. Background The Australian Defence Force (ADF) Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, is supported by a Primary Health Care Team (PHCT) which provided health care through its Regimental Aid Post (RAP). Purpose To identify… Read More

What is the Connection between Smoking & Injury in Royal Marines Training

Research Paper Title Smoking and Injury in Royal Marines Training. Background Training for the Royal Marines (RMs) is considered to be one of the most arduous military training regimes in the world. Approximately 16% of the annual intake of recruits suffer an injury. Smoking has been found to be a predisposition to injury. Objective To… Read More

Mortality Risk: Initial Level of Fitness & Statin Use

Veterans of the US Armed Forces must be the most studied group of warriors in the world. A recent study looked at 10,202  male veterans (mean age 60 years) who were on treatment for high blood pressure, and followed them up for 10 years to study their mortality risk according to initial levels of fitness… Read More

The Role of Gymnastics in the Royal Army School of Physical Training?

Research Paper Title Role of Gymnastics in the Army School of Physical Training. Background As a result of a single spinal injury seen at Frimley Park Hospital, the researchers reviewed the injuries recorded at the Army School of Physical Training since December 1996. Methods This was a retrospective review of all acute accidents and injuries… Read More