by Andrew Marshall

Do You know Your BP Numbers!

Read about the categories of blood pressure in a short article by Dee Connelly, a registered nurse at the US Army Physical Fitness Research Institute, using the link below. Did you know that high blood pressure is a factor in 67% of heart attacks and 77% of strokes in the United States. Reference Connelly, D.… Read More

by Andrew Marshall

Dietary Intake & Stress Fractures: Is There a Link?

Research Paper Title Dietary Intake and Stress Fractures among Elite Male Combat Recruits. Background Appropriate and sufficient dietary intake is one of the main requirements for maintaining fitness and health. Inadequate energy intake may have a negative impact on physical performance which may result in injuries among physically active populations. The purpose of this research… Read More

by Andrew Marshall

Do Bone Turnover Markers Predict Stress Fracture in Elite Combat Recruits?

Research Paper Title Bone Turnover Markers do not Predict Stress Fracture in Elite Combat Recruits. Background With bone resorption rates greater than formation, stress fracture pathogenesis plausibly involves bone remodeling imbalance. If this is the case, one would anticipate serum levels of bone turnover markers would be higher in patients with stress fractures than in… Read More

by Andrew Marshall

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