Research Paper Title Pelvic Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence in Nulliparous College Women in Relation to Paratrooper Training. Background The objective of this study was to determine whether paratrooper training is associated with pelvic support defects or urinary incontinence. Methods Nulliparous women at The United States Military Academy were examined using the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification… Read More
Stress Fractures & Royal Marine Recruits: What Threshold?
Research Paper Title Stress Fractures of the Hip in Royal Marine Recruits under Training: A Retrospective Analysis. Background At the Commando Training Centre, Royal Marines (CTCRM), a retrospective analysis of the occurrence of one form of stress fracture – that of the hip – has shown that this fracture is a significant cause of morbidity… Read More
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URTIs & Intense Training: What’s the Impact?
Research Paper Title Intense Training: Mucosal Immunity and Incidence of Respiratory Infections. Background This investigation examined the impact of a multi-stressor situation on salivary immunoglobulin A (sIgA) levels, and incidence of upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) during the French commando training (3 weeks of training followed by a 5-day combat course). Methods For the URTI,… Read More
Obesity: The Impact on Military Capability
News Article Title Thousands of British Troops are too Fat to be Deployed to Afghanistan, reveals leaked Army Memo. Article Thousands of British troops cannot be sent to Afghanistan because they are too fat to fight, a leaked army memo revealed. The war effort is being hampered by the number of front-line troops who are… Read More
Parental BMI & Childhood Obesity: Is There A Link?
Research Paper Title Assortative Weight Gain in Mother–daughter and Father–son Pairs: An Emerging Source of Childhood Obesity. Longitudinal Study of Trios (EarlyBird 43). Objective To look for same-sex (gender assortative) association of body mass index (BMI) in healthy trios (mother, father and child) from a contemporary birth cohort, which might imply shared environment rather than… Read More
Military Parachuting Injuries: A Literature Review
Research Paper Title Military Parachuting Injuries: A Literature Review. Abstract This article was a literature review of the aspects of military parachuting related to occupational medicine and focused on ‘conventional’ military static line parachuting using a round parachute. The analysis of injuries resulting from military parachuting provided an excellent example of military occupational medicine practice.… Read More
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