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Journal Article
Reported Load Carriage Injuries of the Australian Army Soldier
2015
Overview
Introduction
Many injuries experienced by soldiers can be attributed to the occupational loads they are required to carry.
Purpose
The aim of this study was to determine whether contemporary military load carriage is a source of injuries to Australian Regular Army soldiers and to profile these injuries.
Methods
The Australian Defence Force ‘Occupational Health, Safety and Compensation Analysis and Reporting’ database was searched to identify all reported injuries sustained during load carriage events. Key search terms were employed and narrative description fields were interrogated to increase data accuracy.
Results
A total of 1,954 injury records were extracted from the database. Of these, 404 injuries were attributed to load carriage. The majority of these load carriage injuries involved either the lower limb or back, with bones and joints accounting for the most frequently reported body structures to be injured. Field activities were the leading activities being performed at the time that load carriage injuries occurred, and muscular stress was identified as the mechanism of injury for over half of reported load carriage injuries.
Conclusion
This study suggests that load carriage is a substantial source of injury risk to Australian Army soldiers. Physical training may fail to adequately prepare soldiers for load carriage tasks during field training exercises.
Publisher
Springer US,Springer,Springer Nature B.V
Subject
/ Analysis
/ Army
/ Back Injuries - epidemiology
/ Back Injuries - physiopathology
/ Bones
/ Fractures, Bone - epidemiology
/ Humans
/ Injuries
/ Limbs
/ Load
/ Male
/ Medicine
/ Military
/ Military Personnel - statistics & numerical data
/ Musculoskeletal Diseases - epidemiology
/ Musculoskeletal Diseases - etiology
/ Musculoskeletal Diseases - physiopathology
/ Occupational Injuries - diagnosis
/ Occupational Injuries - epidemiology
/ Occupational Injuries - physiopathology
/ Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine
/ Soldiers
/ Sprains and Strains - epidemiology
/ Studies
/ Time use
/ Training
