Injuries due to exercise and training are cammon, particularly in Army populations. Few studies have examined the relationship between race and such injuries. Eight-hundred and sixty-one male and female Army trainees were followed over their 8 week Basic training course. This program, with its standardized activities and similar risk exposures provides a unique study environment. Demographic, body composition and physical fitness characteristics were measured on all volunteers. Fifty-two percent were white and 39% black. White trainees were significantly fatter and weaker than black trainees. White female trainees were significantly more likely to experience a time-loss injury than black female trainess (52% vs 32%, ER = 1.6, p<.05). White males had slightly higher rates than black male trainees, 19% and 14%, respectively (ER = 1.4, p%.O5). The differences in overall injury rates could not be explained by differences in body composition and physical fitness. For time-loss injuries, white female trainees had 3.7 times greater odds of injury than black female trainees, even after controlling for other factors (p<.05).
Race and Injury Among Army Basic Trainees
1994
22 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Military Sciences , Clinical Medicine , Personnel Management, Labor Relations & Manpower , Job Training & Career Development , Anatomy , Army personnel , Wounds and injuries , Military training , Physical fitness , Musculoskeletal system , Environments , High rate , Training , Physical properties , Volunteers , Rates , Standardization , Human body , Males , Courses(Education) , Trainees , Army , Females , Black(Color)
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