Research Paper Title Real Time Gait Pattern Classification from Chest Worn Accelerometry during a Loaded Road March. Background Accelerometers, whether in smart phones or wearable physiological monitoring systems are becoming widely used to identify movement and activities of free living individuals. Although there has been much work in applying computationally intensive methods to this problem,… Read More
Royal Marines, Endurance Course, Smartie Tubes (2)
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
Royal Marines, Endurance Course, Smartie Tubes (1)
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
1st Anniversary
Well one year has passed since I first started this blog. A big thanks to all those of you who ‘follow’ the blog and I hope to go from strength to strength over the 2nd year.
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 